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The islands of the Indian Ocean are part of either the eastern, western, or southern areas. Some prominently large islands include Madagascar , Sri Lanka , and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra , Java , and Lesser Sunda Islands .
English: Ashmore and Cartier Islands — Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands Uninhabited: Uninhabited: 5 km 2 (2 sq mi) British Indian Ocean Territory: British Overseas Territory: English: British Indian Ocean Territory Camp Justice: Non-Permanent: 3,000 military personnel Permanent: 0 60 km 2 (23 sq mi) Christmas Island: External ...
The Chagos Archipelago (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ɡ ə s,-ɡ oʊ s /) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, [2] 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.
Toggle Indian Ocean subsection. 4.1 Along the coast of Africa. 4.2 Along the coast of Asia. ... Geographically isolated islands are included as well. Arctic Ocean
The Andaman Islands (/ ˈ æ n d ə m ə n /) are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about 130 km (81 mi) southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region.
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km 2 (27,240,000 sq mi) or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth's surface. [4]
The Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (French: Îles Éparses or Îles Éparses de l'océan Indien) consist of four small coral islands, an atoll, as well as a reef in the Indian Ocean; they constitute the fifth district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, [1] though sovereignty over some or all of the islands is contested by the Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius.
Geography of the Indian Ocean. Locator map of the Indian Ocean. Subcategories. ... Geography of the Kerguelen Islands (2 C, 2 P) M. Geography of Madagascar (17 C, 28 P)