Chagos Archipelago - Wikipedia
WEBThe Chagos Archipelago (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ɡ ə s,-ɡ oʊ s /) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, [2] and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of …
Diego Garcia - Wikipedia
WEBDiego Garcia is the largest land mass in the Chagos Archipelago (which includes Peros Banhos, the Salomon Islands, the Three Brothers, the Egmont Islands, and the Great Chagos Bank), being an atoll occupying approximately 174 square kilometres (67 sq mi), of which 27.19 square kilometres (10 sq mi) is dry land. [88]
Chagos Archipelago | Island Group, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · Chagos Archipelago, island group in the central Indian Ocean, located about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. It is coterminous with the British Indian Ocean.
British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia
WEBThe British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square ...
Diego Garcia | History & Map | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
WEB6 days ago · Diego Garcia, coral atoll, largest and southernmost member of the Chagos Archipelago, in the central Indian Ocean. Administratively, it was a dependency of Mauritius for most of its history, but since 1965 it has been part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Learn more about Diego Garcia here.
Diego Garcia - NHHC
WEBOct 24, 1972 · The remote coral atoll of Diego Garcia is the largest of sixty small islands forming the Chagos Archipelago located just south of the equator in the middle of the Indian Ocean. European...
An exiled nation turned private playground - BBC
WEBIn 2010, the UK government created a marine protected area that turned the waters surrounding the Chagos Archipelago into the world’s largest marine reserve. The reason for its creation was, in...
The Chagos agreement explained
WEB21 hours ago · A collection of seven atolls comprised of more than 60 islands, the Chagos Islands have been controlled by Britain since 1814. Once administered as part of the British colony of Mauritius, they ...
British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): Setting ...
WEBJan 1, 2013 · The British Indian Ocean Territory consists of the Chagos archipelago, almost all of which was designated a no-take MPA in 2010. It covers 650,000 km2, with >60,000 km2 shallow limestone platform and reefs.
The UK must focus on how the Chagos decision is implemented …
WEB2 days ago · The same year the UN General Assembly voted 116 in favour to 6 against, and with 56 abstentions, for a resolution ‘welcoming a 25 February 2019 International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the legal consequences of separating the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965, demanding that the UK unconditionally withdraw its colonial administration from the area within six months’ to ...