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  1. Travellers' Guide To British Indian Ocean Territory

    The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), also called the Chagos Islands, is a British overseas territory. It is not known as a destination for travellers. In fact, it is very hard to get to at all, as the main atoll, Diego Garcia, is also a joint military facility of the USA and the UK. Although the total land area is only about 60 square ...

  2. Chagos Archipelago

    The Chagos Archipelago (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ɡ ə s,-ɡ oʊ s /) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, 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 the Maldives archipelago. This chain of islands is the southernmost archipelago of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge, a long submarine mountain ...

  3. Chagos Information Portal

    The Chagos Information Portal, ChIP, gives us all the opportunity to discover the wonders of the reefs, islands and the animals and plants that call the archipelago home. Explore the Chagos Archipelago and one of the world's largest Marine Protected Areas using an interactive map, scientific resources, videos, photos and datasets.

  4. The Chagos Archipelago

    The Chagos Archipelago Overview Biodiversity Threats. In a world threatened by over-fishing, pollution and irresponsible development, the protection of the Chagos Archipelago is more important than ever. ... Access is restricted and a permit is required in advance of travel from the Administration. The BIOT Commissioner declared a 640,000 km² ...

  5. The Chagos Islands

    History is strewn with people screwed over by humanity. Armenians, Jews and Kurds to name but a few. But one group of people being screwed right now that almost no one knows about is the people of the Chagos Islands.. The Chagos Islands, also known as the Chagos Archipelago (formerly Bassas de Chagas) is a group of 7 tropical atolls making up 60 tropical islands located in the Indian Ocean.

  6. The Chagos Islands are unique and worth protecting

    The Chagos Islands marine protected area is the largest of its kind in the world, encircling the dozens of tiny islands of the Chagos archipelago that lie in thousands of miles of Indian Ocean ...

  7. Chagos Archipelago

    Chagos Archipelago. 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 Territory. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Lorraine Murray.

  8. Chagos Archipelago

    The Chagos Archipelago, sometimes known as the Chagos Islands, is a group of seven atolls in the Indian Ocean, roughly 500 kilometers south of the Maldives archipelago. The Chagos-Laccadive Ridge is a substantial undersea mountain range in the Indian Ocean, and this group of islands makes up its southernmost archipelago. Except for a few relatively

  9. Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago

    Diego Garcia is one of those islands. Not ringing a bell? The coral atoll is part of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory. Still nothing? It's south of the Equator and India, and east of Tanzania. The islands were uninhabited, save for an occasional lost fisherman, until the Portuguese arrived in the 16th century.

  10. List of islands in the Chagos Archipelago

    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.

  11. Chagos Archipelago

    The Chagos Archipelago, a collection of atolls, including Earth's largest - the Great Chagos Bank - is home to reefs that have been largely undisturbed by humans for the last 50 years. Some estimates indicate the Chagos Archipelago may contain more than half of the healthy coral reefs remaining in the entire Indian Ocean.

  12. Travel report CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO

    The Chagos Archipelago is a British territory in the Indian Ocean with around 3,800 exclusively military residents. Of the original "British Indian Ocean Territory", only the Chagos island chain remains today; the other atolls were returned to the Seychelles in 1976. ... Travel report CHATHAM ISLANDS - The somewhat strange Pacific islands ...

  13. Where are the Chagos Islands and why are they under dispute?

    Islanders are still fighting to go back 50 years after they were forcibly removed by Britain. The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands about halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia in the ...

  14. Chagos Islands: Mauritian flag raised on British-controlled islands

    The Mauritian flag has been raised for the first time on the Chagos Islands, an Indian Ocean archipelago controlled by Britain but claimed by Mauritius. Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth described it ...

  15. Gas prices and travel numbers ahead of this 4th of July

    MADISON, Wis. - The week of the Fourth of July is a busy travel time across the country and that remains true in Wisconsin. Travel for the Fourth holiday is not slowing. A trend we continue to see ...

  16. UK to open negotiations over future of Chagos Islands

    Diego Garcia is the largest of the 60 small islands of the Chagos archipelago. After the military base was established in 1966, the island's inhabitants were expelled.

  17. Likino-Dulyovo, Russia: All You Must Know Before You Go (2024

    Likino-Dulyovo Tourism: Tripadvisor has 61 reviews of Likino-Dulyovo Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best Likino-Dulyovo resource.

  18. Chagos islanders in emotional, historic trip home

    Chagos islanders in emotional, historic trip home. 12 February 2022. It has been a long wait for the group returning triumphantly to the archipelago. A boat sent by the government of Mauritius has ...

  19. Kapotnya District

    A residential and industrial region in the south-east of Mocsow. It was founded on the spot of two villages: Chagino (what is now the Moscow Oil Refinery) and Ryazantsevo (demolished in 1979). in 1960 the town was incorporated into the City of Moscow as a district. Population - 45,000 people (2002). The district is one of the most polluted residential areas in Moscow, due to the Moscow Oil ...

  20. Visit Elektrostal: 2024 Travel Guide for Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast

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  21. State Housing Inspectorate of the Moscow Region

    State Housing Inspectorate of the Moscow Region Elektrostal postal code 144009. See Google profile, Hours, Phone, Website and more for this business. 2.0 Cybo Score. Review on Cybo.