Chagos Archipelago - Wikipedia
WEBChagos Archipelago is a group of seven atolls in the Indian Ocean, claimed by Mauritius but administered by the UK as British Indian Ocean Territory. Learn about its geography, history, ecology, and disputes over sovereignty and decolonization.
Chagos Archipelago | Island Group, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · Learn about the island group in the Indian Ocean, its location, physical features, and colonial history. See a map of Chagos Archipelago and its relation to the British Indian Ocean Territory.
An exiled nation turned private playground - BBC
WEBIn the 1960s, Britain and the US made an unsavoury arrangement to depopulate Chagos in order to build the base at Diego Garcia. Over the next decade, the archipelago’s entire …
Chagos Islands: how to ensure their coral reefs aren’t damaged as …
WEBThe UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since …
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Before granting independence to Mauritius in 1968, Britain was found to have unlawfully separated it to form a new colony on the Chagos archipelago named the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). The UK had initially dismissed UN rulings and court judgements demanding it return the islands to Mauritius, …
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEBOct 3, 2024 · For decades, the tiny island nation of Mauritius struggled to win any serious international support on the issue. A handful of Chagos islanders, who’d been forced to abandon their homes in the ...
The Chagos Archipelago | Chagos Conservation Trust
WEBWhy is the Chagos Archipelago so important? Because many different forms of life call it home, from the coral reefs to the various species that live on more than 55 islands. It …
The Chagossians Want Their Islands Back - The Atlantic
WEBThe fate of the Chagos Archipelago has rested for centuries in the hands of the Great Powers, whether those powers were moving in, moving out, or just trying to hold on—“to …
Chagos Information Portal
WEBLearn about the Chagos Archipelago, one of the world's largest Marine Protected Areas, using an interactive map, scientific resources, videos, photos and datasets. Explore the plants and animals, corals, birds, sharks, rays and more that live in …
The Chagos agreement explained
WEB21 hours ago · The Chagos agreement explained. ... (BIOT), as the archipelago is known, only amounts to 23 square miles. But the base there has helped safeguard the UK's security for 60 years. In ceding control ...
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