Map of the Chagos Archipelago, constituting the British Indian Ocean Territory. UK has just announced that it will hand over sovereignty to the islands to Mauritius.
Map of the Chagos Archipelago, constituting the British Indian Ocean Territory. UK has just announced that it will hand over sovereignty to the islands to Mauritius.
Source on UK ceding the islands to Mauritius
Wikipedia article on Chagos Archipelago
Another map displaying the main islands zoomed in.
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I've always wanted to visit, but from the footage I've seen it would probably be pretty depressing. Not so depressing once the Chagos people are allowed back though.
Am I reading the first map right? So much of it is underwater?