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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. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by garfaagel to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Am I reading the first map right? So much of it is underwater?