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List of islands in the Chagos Archipelago information


The following is a list of islands in the Chagos Archipelago. The Chagos Archipelago is a group of seven atolls comprising 58 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, situated some 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archipelago. The archipelago is a British Indian Ocean Territory.

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Chagos Archipelago

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The Chagos Archipelago (/ˈtʃɑːɡəs, -ɡoʊs/) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising...

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List of islands in the Chagos Archipelago

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The following is a list of islands in the Chagos Archipelago. The Chagos Archipelago is a group of seven atolls comprising 58 individual tropical islands...

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Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute

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the Chagos Archipelago is disputed between Mauritius and the United Kingdom. Mauritius has repeatedly stated that the Chagos Archipelago is part of its...

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List of islands in the Indian Ocean

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Island (Indonesia) St. Mary's Islands (India) Trigg Island (Australia) Bajuni Islands (Somalia) Bazaruto Archipelago (Mozambique) Chagos Archipelago (including...

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Expulsion of the Chagossians

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Chagos The United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, began expelling the inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago in 1968, concluding its forced...

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List of archipelagos

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well. Archipelagos of the Arctic Ocean: Arctic Alaska Kasegaluk Lagoon Islands Midway Islands Pye Islands Return Islands Seahorse Islands Bear Island Canadian...

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Lists of islands

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Majority of the Great Chagos Bank Nazareth Bank Owen Bank, Chagos Arch., submerged atoll Owen Bank (Seychelles) (not to be confused with Chagos atoll) Saya...

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Diego Garcia

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militarised atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of the 60 small islands of the Chagos Archipelago. Portuguese sailors...

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Lakshadweep

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territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Laccadive Islands in the middle with the Amindivi Islands in the...

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Outer Islands of Mauritius

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Tromelin Island, and the Chagos Archipelago (including Diego Garcia and other associated islands). The Government of Mauritius claims sovereignty over the Chagos...

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British Indian Ocean Territory

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Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting...

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List of isolated islands and archipelagos

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Easter Island is another omission. The island is 320 kilometres (200 mi) from Isla Salas y Gómez. Other islands and archipelagos include the Chagos Archipelago...

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Chagos Marine Protected Area

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(250,000 sq mi) of ocean waters, including roughly 70 small islands and seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago. The primary purpose of the designation as...

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Mauritius

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43,371. The Chagos Archipelago is composed of atolls and islands, and is located approximately 2,200 kilometres north-east of the main island of Mauritius...

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List of continents and continental subregions by population

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Southern Asia. The UN geoscheme includes the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago), the Comoros, the French Southern Territories, Madagascar...

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Mascarene Islands

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The Mascarene Islands (English: /mæskəˈriːn/, French: Mascareignes) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean...

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List of Lepidoptera of the Chagos Archipelago

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Lepidoptera of the Chagos Archipelago consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, a group of seven atolls...

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Seychelles

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Réunion to the south; and Maldives and the Chagos Archipelago (administered by the United Kingdom as the British Indian Ocean Territory) to the east. Seychelles...

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Andaman Islands

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The Andaman Islands (/ˈændəmən/) are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about 130 km (81 mi) southwest off the coasts...

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List of airports in the Maldives

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between Minicoy Island and Chagos Archipelago. It stands in the Laccadive Sea, about 700 kilometres (435 mi) southwest of Sri Lanka. The atolls of Maldives encompass...

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Peros Banhos

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Banhos or Baixos de Pêro dos Banhos in old maps, is a formerly inhabited atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory, also...

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Maldives

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central location. The Maldivian Archipelago is located on the Chagos–Laccadive Ridge, a vast submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean; this also forms...

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Atolls of the Maldives

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and island structures. Most reefs have only one island on them. In the south of Maldives the Chagos Archipelago is known as Hollhavai (Fōlhavahi in official...

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Jagdish Koonjul

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expedition to the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, which recent decisions by the International Court of Justice, United Nations General Assembly and the International...

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The World Factbook

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of the island of the archipelago, namely Diego Garcia. The US does not recognise the sovereignty of Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago and the archipelago...

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List of marine ecoregions

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Lanka Maldives Chagos Eastern India Northern Bay of Bengal Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman Sea Coral Coast Western Sumatra Gulf of Tonkin Southern...

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Phoenix sylvestris

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Pakistan, most of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. It is also reportedly naturalized in Mauritius, the Chagos Archipelago, Puerto Rico...

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Exclusive economic zone of the United Kingdom

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with the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are disputed by Argentina. The EEZ of the Chagos Archipelago, also known as the British...

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Aglaonema commutatum

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Comoros, the Chagos Archipelago, India, Bangladesh, and the Cook Islands. Its hybrid cultivar 'Silver Queen' (with A. nitidum) has gained the Royal Horticultural...

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