Articles in British Indian Ocean Territory ( 26 )

26 Articles of interest in British Indian Ocean Territory

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  • Diego Garcia

    Diego Garcia is an atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia is the largest of the 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago. Diego Garcia was settled by the French in the 1790s and was transferred to Brit…

  • Chagos Archipelago

    The Chagos Archipelago (/ˈɑːɡs/ or /ˈɑːɡəs/) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean; situated some 500 kil…

  • Great Chagos Bank

    The Great Chagos Bank, in the Chagos Archipelago, about 500 km (310 mi) South of the Maldives, is the largest atoll structure in the world, with a total area of 12,642 km2 (4,881 sq mi).

  • Danger Island

    Danger Island is the westernmost and the southernmost island of the Great Chagos Bank, which is the world's largest coral atoll structure, located in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

  • Peros Banhos

    Peros Banhos, Pedro dos Banhos or Baixo de Pero dos Banhos in old maps, is a formerly inhabited atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

  • Nelsons Island

    Nelson Island or Nelsons Island or Legour Island is the northernmost and the easternmost island of the Great Chagos Bank, which is the world's largest coral atoll structure, located in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

  • Speakers Bank

    Speakers Bank is a large coral atoll structure in the Northwestern part of the Chagos Archipelago. It is the northernmost feature of the archipelago, located at (04°55′S72°20′E), 22 km Northwest of Blenheim Reef and is 44 km Northeast-Southwest, an…

  • Cauvin Bank

    Cauvin Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southern Part Chagos Archipelago at (6°49′S72°22′E), just about 7 km South of the Southeastern corner of the rim of the Great Chagos Bank. It is roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of …

  • Three Brothers, Chagos

    The Three Brothers are a group of three small coral islands 20 km East of Eagle Islands along the central western rim of the Great Chagos Bank, which is the world's largest coral atoll structure, located in the Chagos Archipelago.

  • Owen Bank

    Owen Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. The reported location is 06°47'S, 070°14'E to 06°48'S, 070°15'E, thus the bank is the westernmost feature of the Chagos group. The closest islands are Danger Is…

  • Ganges Bank

    Ganges Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. It is about 7 by 5 km in size, yielding an area of about 30 km².

  • Victory Bank

    Victory Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Northern Chagos Archipelago at (05°33′S72°14′E). It is located 17 km NNW of Nelson Island, the only island on the Northern rim of the Great Chagos Bank.

  • Colvocoresses Reef

    Colvocoresses Reef is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Northeast of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. It is located 15 km east of Speakers Bank and 28 km northeast of Blenheim Reef. The reef measures 8 km north-south, and is 1 to 2 km w…

  • Centurion Bank

    Centurion Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. It is about almost 10 km long northwest-southeast, and more than 3 km wide. The reef area is about 25 km². The closest land is the Egmont Atoll located …

  • Benares Shoals

    Benares Shoals, or Benares Shoal, is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at (5°15′S071°40′E), just 6 km WNW of Île Pierre, the closest island of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. It measures about 3 km east-west, …

  • Wight Bank

    Wight Bank is a small, wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. It is located 6 km to the SE off the southeastern tip of Pitt Bank at (7°25′S71°32′E). It is less than 2 km in diameter and its total …

  • 1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake

    The 1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake occurred on November 30, 1983 at 17:46 UTC in the region of the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory. This earthquake had a magnitude of Ms 7.7. This earthquake occurred in the Indian Plate near t…

  • South Brother (Chagos Bank)

    South Brother, also known as Île du Sud, is a 23 ha coral island on the Great Chagos Bank atoll of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory. It is one of the three islands in the Three Brothers group on the western side of the at…

  • North Brother (Chagos Bank)

    North Brother, also known as Île du Nord, is a round 6 ha coral island on the Great Chagos Bank atoll of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory. It is one of the three islands in the Three Brothers group on the western side of …