Location of Peros Banhos Atoll in the Indian Ocean
Peros Banhos, Pedro dos Banhos[1] or Baixos de Pêro dos Banhos[2] in old maps, is a formerly inhabited atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory, also claimed by Mauritius.[3]
Île Yeye, located at the northeastern corner of the atoll, is the island of the Chagos Archipelago that is closest to the Maldives.[4]
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PerosBanhosPerosBanhos, Pedro dos Banhos or Baixos de Pêro dos Banhos in old maps, is a formerly inhabited atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British...
named some of the atolls, such as Diego Garcia and PerosBanhos Atoll, mentioned as Pedro dos Banhos in 1513 by Afonso de Albuquerque. This lonely and...
archipelago include Danger Island, Three Brothers Islands, Nelson Island, and PerosBanhos, as well as the island groups of the Egmont Islands, Eagle Islands, and...
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...
Addu Atoll to the closest island in the Chagos Archipelago (Île Yeye, PerosBanhos Atoll) is about 520 kilometres (320 miles), with nothing but deep ocean...
in the northeast of the Chagos Archipelago, between Blenheim Reef and PerosBanhos. The main islands in the group are Île Boddam, with the former main settlement...
French slaves brought to the Chagos Islands, specifically Diego Garcia, PerosBanhos, and the Salomon island chain, in the late 18th century. Under international...
Chagossians (or Ilois), from Diego Garcia and two other Chagos atolls, PerosBanhos and Salomon Islands, to Mauritius. In 1971, the United Kingdom and the...
kilometres (3.7 mi) west-northwest of Île Pierre, the closest island of PerosBanhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. It measures about 3 kilometres...
the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG). He was born in 1964 on the island of PerosBanhos in the Chagos Archipelago, from where he was forcibly removed at the...
8 ha island on the PerosBanhos Atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory. It is part of the PerosBanhos strict nature reserve...
9 ha island on the PerosBanhos Atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory. It is part of the PerosBanhos strict nature reserve...
the atoll of PerosBanhos in 1950 but left for Mauritius in 1967 when his mother was unwell. When Aristide tried to return to PerosBanhos in the late...
Cipaye Ile Lubine Ganges Bank Great Chagos Bank Nelsons Island Owen Bank PerosBanhos Pitt Bank Salomon Islands Ile Anglaise Ile Boddam Ile Charles Ile de...
27 April 1973 with the expulsion of the remaining Chagossians on the PerosBanhos atoll. The inhabitants, known at the time as the Ilois, are today known...
controlled by the United Kingdom. To the north of the Chagos Archipelago are PerosBanhos, the Salomon Islands and Nelsons Island; to the south-west are The Three...
Garcia is the largest land mass in the Chagos Archipelago (which includes PerosBanhos, the Salomon Islands, the Three Brothers, the Egmont Islands, and the...
Although the charts of atolls made up of mostly emerged reefs, like PerosBanhos and Diego Garcia, were relatively accurate, the cartography of the vast...
Grand Mosque Office of the Canadian Prime Minister Île Vache Marine, PerosBanhos, British Indian Ocean Territory Adamstown, Henderson Island in Pitcairn...
îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon....
Passing just south of Mahé island, Seychelles Passing just north of PerosBanhos atoll, British Indian Ocean Territory 5°0′S 103°45′E / 5.000°S 103...
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