British Indian Ocean Territory
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square
英属印度洋领地
英属印度洋领地（英语：British Indian Ocean Territory）是在印度洋中部的英国海外领地,包含岛屿、礁盘、暗沙等,其中岛屿总称查戈斯群岛（Chagos Archipelago）,包括总数达2300个大大小小的热带岛屿,岛屿总土地面积约60平方公里。
Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory
Map of the British Indian Ocean Territory since 1976. The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an archipelago of 55 islands in the Indian Ocean, located south of India. It is situated approximately halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The islands form a semicircular group with an open sea towards the east.
Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory
Map of the British Indian Ocean Territory since 1976. The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an archipelago of 55 islands in the Indian Ocean, located south of India. It is situated approximately halfway between Africa and Indonesia.
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英屬印度洋領地
6°00′S 71°30′E / 6.000°S 71.500°E 英屬印度洋領地（英語：British Indian Ocean Territory,縮寫為BIOT）是英國在印度洋的海外領土,包含查戈斯群岛的2300個大大小小的熱帶島嶼,總土地面積約60平方公里。 整個屬地位於馬爾地夫南方,介乎非洲東岸與印尼的中間,約在南緯6度及東
Conservation collides with local rights in fight over Chagos Islands
The UK, which oversees Chagos – or what it calls the British Indian Ocean Territory – had leased part of one of the largest islands to the US, and local people were being evicted from the whole archipelago.
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英属印度洋领地
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The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square miles). The largest and most southerly island is
Conservation collides with local rights in fight over
The UK, which oversees Chagos – or what it calls the British Indian Ocean Territory – had leased part of one of the largest islands to the US, and local people were being evicted from the whole archipelago.
British Indian Ocean Territory
Formerly administered as part of the British Crown Colony of Mauritius, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) was established as an overseas territory of the UK in 1965. A number of the islands of the territory were later transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976.