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A small island lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east of Darwin Island in the Danger Islands. The descriptive name "Islote Plato" (plate island) was given by Ministerio de Defensa, Argentina, 1977. The term island is appropriate and replaces "islote" (islet) in the name approved by the US-ACAN in 1993. [13]
The Chagos Archipelago. (Atolls with areas of dry land are named in green)The archipelago is about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives, 1,880 kilometres (1,170 mi) east of the Seychelles, 1,680 kilometres (1,040 mi) north-east of Rodrigues Island (), 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi) west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and 3,400 kilometres (2,100 mi) north of Amsterdam Island.
Danger Island was sighted by the French ship La Bouffonne in 1777. It was given its name by lieutenant Archibald Blair [4] during his 1786 survey of the Chagos archipelago. . Blair described the island at the time: "At dawn of day saw Breakers bearing NE, distant about ½ Mile, which I found at daylight to extend from Danger Island
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