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data-title="Britse Indiese Oseaangebied" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target">Afrikaans</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%A8%E1%89%A5%E1%88%AA%E1%89%B3%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%AB_%E1%88%95%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%B5_%E1%8B%8D%E1%89%85%E1%8B%AB%E1%8A%96%E1%88%B5_%E1%8C%8D%E1%8B%9B%E1%89%B5" title="የብሪታንያ ሕንድ ውቅያኖስ ግዛት – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="የብሪታንያ ሕንድ ውቅያኖስ ግዛት" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target">አማርኛ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryttisca_Indisca_Garsecg_Landscipe" title="Bryttisca Indisca Garsecg Landscipe – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Bryttisca Indisca Garsecg Landscipe" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ænglisc</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%B7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A" title="إقليم المحيط الهندي البريطاني – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إقليم المحيط الهندي البريطاني" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorio_Britanico_de_l%27Oci%C3%A1n_Indico" title="Territorio Britanico de l'Ocián Indico – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Territorio Britanico de l'Ocián Indico" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territoriu_Brit%C3%A1nicu_del_Oc%C3%A9anu_%C3%8Dndicu" title="Territoriu Británicu del Océanu Índicu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Territoriu Británicu del Océanu Índicu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britaniya_Hind_okean%C4%B1_%C9%99razil%C9%99ri" title="Britaniya Hind okeanı əraziləri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Britaniya Hind okeanı əraziləri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="بریتانیا اراضیسی هیند اوقیانوسوندا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بریتانیا اراضیسی هیند اوقیانوسوندا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="ব্রিটিশ ভারত মহাসাগরীয় এলাকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ব্রিটিশ ভারত মহাসাগরীয় এলাকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D3%99%D0%BC%D3%99%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Һинд океанында Британия биләмәләре – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Һинд океанында Британия биләмәләре" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target">Башҡортса</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%9E_%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Брытанская тэрыторыя ў Індыйскім акіяне – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Брытанская тэрыторыя ў Індыйскім акіяне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%9E_%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Брытанская тэрыторыя ў Індыйскім акіяне – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Брытанская тэрыторыя ў Індыйскім акіяне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Британска индоокеанска територия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Британска индоокеанска територия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britischs_Territorium_im_Indischn_Ozean" title="Britischs Territorium im Indischn Ozean – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Britischs Territorium im Indischn Ozean" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Boarisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanske_indijskookeanske_teritorije" title="Britanske indijskookeanske teritorije – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Britanske indijskookeanske teritorije" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiriad_Meurvor_Indez_Breizh-Veur" title="Tiriad Meurvor Indez Breizh-Veur – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Tiriad Meurvor Indez Breizh-Veur" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territori_Brit%C3%A0nic_de_l%27Oce%C3%A0_%C3%8Dndic" title="Territori Britànic de l'Oceà Índic – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Territori Britànic de l'Oceà Índic" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="British Indian Ocean Territory" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britsk%C3%A9_indickooce%C3%A1nsk%C3%A9_%C3%BAzem%C3%AD" title="Britské indickooceánské území – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Britské indickooceánské území" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiriogaeth_Brydeinig_Cefnfor_India" title="Tiriogaeth Brydeinig Cefnfor India – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Tiriogaeth Brydeinig Cefnfor India" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britisk_territorium_i_det_indiske_ocean" title="Britisk territorium i det indiske ocean – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Britisk territorium i det indiske ocean" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britisches_Territorium_im_Indischen_Ozean" title="Britisches Territorium im Indischen Ozean – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Britisches Territorium im Indischen Ozean" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briti_India_ookeani_ala" title="Briti India ookeani ala – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Briti India ookeani ala" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%88%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CE%A9%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Βρετανικό Έδαφος Ινδικού Ωκεανού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βρετανικό Έδαφος Ινδικού Ωκεανού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorio_Brit%C3%A1nico_del_Oc%C3%A9ano_%C3%8Dndico" title="Territorio Británico del Océano Índico – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Territorio Británico del Océano Índico" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brita_Hindoceana_Teritorio" title="Brita Hindoceana Teritorio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Brita Hindoceana Teritorio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiako_Ozeanoko_Britainiar_Lurraldea" title="Indiako Ozeanoko Britainiar Lurraldea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Indiako Ozeanoko Britainiar Lurraldea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="قلمرو اقیانوس هند بریتانیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="قلمرو اقیانوس هند بریتانیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="British Indian Ocean Territory" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">Fiji Hindi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territoire_britannique_de_l%27oc%C3%A9an_Indien" title="Territoire britannique de l'océan Indien – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Territoire britannique de l'océan Indien" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorio_Brit%C3%A1nico_do_Oc%C3%A9ano_%C3%8Dndico" title="Territorio Británico do Océano Índico – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Territorio Británico do Océano Índico" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%81%EA%B5%AD%EB%A0%B9_%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84%EC%96%91_%EC%A7%80%EC%97%AD" title="영국령 인도양 지역 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="영국령 인도양 지역" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D6%85%D5%BE%D5%AF%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%AB_%D5%A2%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AE%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Հնդկական օվկիանոսի բրիտանական տարածքներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հնդկական օվկիանոսի բրիտանական տարածքներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="ब्रिटिश हिंद महासागर क्षेत्र – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ब्रिटिश हिंद महासागर क्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanski_Indijskooceanski_teritorij" title="Britanski Indijskooceanski teritorij – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Britanski Indijskooceanski teritorij" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britaniana_teritorio_che_Indial_Oceano" title="Britaniana teritorio che Indial Oceano – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Britaniana teritorio che Indial Oceano" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="British Indian Ocean Territory" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Igbo</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teritorio_ti_Britania_iti_Taaw_Indiano" title="Teritorio ti Britania iti Taaw Indiano – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Teritorio ti Britania iti Taaw Indiano" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ilokano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Samudra_Hindia_Britania_Raya" title="Wilayah Samudra Hindia Britania Raya – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wilayah Samudra Hindia Britania Raya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8B_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8B_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Индийы фурды Британийы территори – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Индийы фурды Британийы территори" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ирон</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bresku_Indlandshafseyjar" title="Bresku Indlandshafseyjar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Bresku Indlandshafseyjar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorio_Britannico_dell%27Oceano_Indiano" title="Territorio Britannico dell'Oceano Indiano – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Territorio Britannico dell'Oceano Indiano" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99" title="הטריטוריה הבריטית באוקיינוס ההודי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הטריטוריה הבריטית באוקיינוס ההודי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ბრიტანეთის ინდოეთის ოკეანის ტერიტორია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბრიტანეთის ინდოეთის ოკეანის ტერიტორია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96_%D0%BC%D2%B1%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D2%93%D1%8B_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D2%93%D1%8B" title="Үнді мұхитындағы Британия аймағы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Үнді мұхитындағы Британия аймағы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teritwari_y%E2%80%99Inyanja_y%E2%80%99Abahinde_Nyongereza" title="Teritwari y’Inyanja y’Abahinde Nyongereza – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Teritwari y’Inyanja y’Abahinde Nyongereza" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ikinyarwanda</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eneo_la_Uingereza_katika_Bahari_Hindi" title="Eneo la Uingereza katika Bahari Hindi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Eneo la Uingereza katika Bahari Hindi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9ritwar_britanik_di_los%C3%A9yan_Endyen" title="Téritwar britanik di loséyan Endyen – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Téritwar britanik di loséyan Endyen" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kriyòl gwiyannen</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8B_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8B" title="Инди океанындагы Британия аймагы – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Инди океанындагы Британия аймагы" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target">Кыргызча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion_Britanich_dl_Ozean_Indian" title="Raion Britanich dl Ozean Indian – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Raion Britanich dl Ozean Indian" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ladin</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britu_Indijas_Oke%C4%81na_Teritorija" title="Britu Indijas Okeāna Teritorija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Britu Indijas Okeāna Teritorija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britteschen_Territoire_am_Indeschen_Ozean" title="Britteschen Territoire am Indeschen Ozean – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Britteschen Territoire am Indeschen Ozean" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijos_Vandenyno_Brit%C5%B3_Sritis" title="Indijos Vandenyno Britų Sritis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Indijos Vandenyno Britų Sritis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terit%C3%B6io_Britannego_de_l%27O%C3%A7eano_Indian" title="Teritöio Britannego de l'Oçeano Indian – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Teritöio Britannego de l'Oçeano Indian" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ligure</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_Indiai-%C3%B3ce%C3%A1ni_Ter%C3%BClet" title="Brit Indiai-óceáni Terület – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Brit Indiai-óceáni Terület" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Британска Индоокеанска Територија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Британска Индоокеанска Територија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%93%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF" title="ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ഇന്ത്യൻ ഓഷ്യൻ ടെറിട്ടറി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ഇന്ത്യൻ ഓഷ്യൻ ടെറിട്ടറി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="ब्रिटिश हिंदी महासागर क्षेत्र – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ब्रिटिश हिंदी महासागर क्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%B7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89" title="اقليم المحيط الهندى البريطانى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اقليم المحيط الهندى البريطانى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Lautan_Hindi_British" title="Wilayah Lautan Hindi British – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Lautan Hindi British" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%97%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9E%E1%80%BB%E1%80%BE_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%B9%E1%80%92%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9A%E1%80%9E%E1%80%99%E1%80%AF%E1%80%92%E1%80%B9%E1%80%92%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC_%E1%80%94%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1" title="ဗြိတိသျှ အိန္ဒိယသမုဒ္ဒရာ နယ်မြေ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဗြိတိသျှ အိန္ဒိယသမုဒ္ဒရာ နယ်မြေ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brits_Indische_Oceaanterritorium" title="Brits Indische Oceaanterritorium – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Brits Indische Oceaanterritorium" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E9%A0%98%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E6%B4%8B%E5%9C%B0%E5%9F%9F" title="イギリス領インド洋地域 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イギリス領インド洋地域" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D1%87%D1%83%D1%8C%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BA" title="ХӀиндин Ӏапказ чуьра Британин мохк – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="ХӀиндин Ӏапказ чуьра Британин мохк" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target">Нохчийн</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britisk_Teritoorium_uun_a_Indisk_Oosean" title="Britisk Teritoorium uun a Indisk Oosean – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Britisk Teritoorium uun a Indisk Oosean" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nordfriisk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_britiske_territoriet_i_Indiahavet" title="Det britiske territoriet i Indiahavet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Det britiske territoriet i Indiahavet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_britiske_territoriet_i_Indiahavet" title="Det britiske territoriet i Indiahavet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Det britiske territoriet i Indiahavet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britaniyaning_Hind_okeanidagi_hududi" title="Britaniyaning Hind okeanidagi hududi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Britaniyaning Hind okeanidagi hududi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0" title="ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਹਿੰਦ ਮਹਾਂਸਾਗਰ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਹਿੰਦ ਮਹਾਂਸਾਗਰ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%90%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%87" title="د برېتانيا د هند سمندر سيمه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="د برېتانيا د هند سمندر سيمه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target">پښتو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brytyjskie_Terytorium_Oceanu_Indyjskiego" title="Brytyjskie Terytorium Oceanu Indyjskiego – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Brytyjskie Terytorium Oceanu Indyjskiego" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territ%C3%B3rio_Brit%C3%A2nico_do_Oceano_%C3%8Dndico" title="Território Britânico do Oceano Índico – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Território Britânico do Oceano Índico" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teritoriul_Britanic_din_Oceanul_Indian" title="Teritoriul Britanic din Oceanul Indian – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Teritoriul Britanic din Oceanul Indian" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B2_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%9E%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Британская Территория в Индийском Океане – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Британская Территория в Индийском Океане" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A5_%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A7%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B_%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%9F_%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱫᱚᱨᱭᱟ ᱮᱞᱟᱠᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱫᱚᱨᱭᱟ ᱮᱞᱟᱠᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target">ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breetish_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="Breetish Indian Ocean Territory – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Breetish Indian Ocean Territory" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="British Indian Ocean Territory" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%88%DA%8F%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%DA%8A_%DB%BE_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82%D9%88" title="هندي وڏي سمنڊ ۾ برطانيائي علائقو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="هندي وڏي سمنڊ ۾ برطانيائي علائقو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target">سنڌي</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britsk%C3%A9_indickooce%C3%A1nske_%C3%BAzemie" title="Britské indickooceánske územie – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Britské indickooceánske územie" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britansko_ozemlje_v_Indijskem_oceanu" title="Britansko ozemlje v Indijskem oceanu – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Britansko ozemlje v Indijskem oceanu" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Британска територија Индијског океана – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Британска територија Индијског океана" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanska_teritorija_Indijskog_oceana" title="Britanska teritorija Indijskog oceana – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Britanska teritorija Indijskog oceana" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9ritori_Samudra_Hindia_Britania" title="Téritori Samudra Hindia Britania – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Téritori Samudra Hindia Britania" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sunda</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittil%C3%A4inen_Intian_valtameren_alue" title="Brittiläinen Intian valtameren alue – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Brittiläinen Intian valtameren alue" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittiska_territoriet_i_Indiska_oceanen" title="Brittiska territoriet i Indiska oceanen – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Brittiska territoriet i Indiska oceanen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britanikong_Teritoryo_sa_Karagatang_Indiyano" title="Britanikong Teritoryo sa Karagatang Indiyano – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Britanikong Teritoryo sa Karagatang Indiyano" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tagalog</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="பிரித்தானிய இந்தியக் கரைகடந்த ஆள்புலம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிரித்தானிய இந்தியக் கரைகடந்த ஆள்புலம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-official-below{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-other{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-caption{padding-top:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-motto{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-largest,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-lang{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-ethnic,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-religion,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-elevation{display:inline;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}</style><table class="infobox ib-pol-div vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">British Indian Ocean Territory</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territory</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory"><img alt="Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/130px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/195px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/260px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory">Flag</a></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of British Indian Ocean Territory"><img alt="Official seal of British Indian Ocean Territory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Coat_of_arms_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Coat_of_arms_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/128px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Coat_of_arms_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/170px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="516" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="Coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory">Coat of arms</a></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-pol-div-motto nickname">"<a href="/wiki/Lemuria" title="Lemuria">Limuria is in our trust</a>"<a href="#cite_note-governance-1">[1]</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Anthem: "<a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King">God Save the King</a>" <div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em"><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="50" data-mwtitle="U.S._Navy_Band_-_God_Save_the_King.oga" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/U.S._Navy_Band_-_God_Save_the_King.oga/U.S._Navy_Band_-_God_Save_the_King.oga.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/U.S._Navy_Band_-_God_Save_the_King.oga" type="audio/ogg; 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&params=7_18_S_72_24_E_type:city">7°18′S 72°24′E / 7.300°S 72.400°E / -7.300; 72.400</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">Ethnic groups</a> <div class="ib-pol-div-ethnic"> (2001)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>95.88% British / American</li><li>4.12% others[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of British Indian Ocean Territory">Government</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Direct_rule" title="Direct rule">Directly administered</a> dependency under a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">Monarch</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_for_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory">Commissioner</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Nishi Dholakia (acting)<a href="#cite_note-governance-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Administrator </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Bob Fairweather<a href="#cite_note-governance-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Europe,_North_America_and_Overseas_Territories" title="Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories">Minister</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Doughty" title="Stephen Doughty">Stephen Doughty</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of British Indian Ocean Territory">Area</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">54,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">99.89</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Land</div></th><td class="infobox-data">60 <a href="/wiki/Square_kilometre" title="Square kilometre">km2</a> (23 <a href="/wiki/Square_mile" title="Square mile">sq mi</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics of British Indian Ocean Territory">Population</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Non-permanent 2018 estimate</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 3,000 military personnel and contractors</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Permanent</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">50.0/km2 (129.5/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Dollar">United States Dollar</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">USD</a>; de facto)<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-CIA-3">[3]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">Pound sterling</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">GBP</a>; de jure)<a href="#cite_note-gmt-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-coinnews-5">[5]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B06:00" title="UTC+06:00">UTC+06:00</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Mains_electricity" title="Mains electricity">Mains electricity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">230 <a href="/wiki/Volt" title="Volt">Volt</a>, 50 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">Hertz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data">right</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Calling code</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%2B246" class="mw-redirect" title="+246">+246</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom#British_Overseas_Territories" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">UK postcode</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="postal-code">BBND 1ZZ</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IO" title="ISO 3166-2:IO">IO</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.io" title=".io">.io</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biot.gov.io/">biot.gov.io</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territory</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> situated in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>, halfway between <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>. The territory comprises the seven <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atolls</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos Archipelago</a> with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square miles).<a href="#cite_note-CIA-3">[3]</a> The largest and most southerly island is <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>, 27 square kilometres (10 square miles), the site of a <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_British_Indian_Ocean_Territories" title="British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories">Joint Military Facility</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<a href="#cite_note-thakkar-6">[6]</a> Official administration is remote from <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>,<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> though the local capital is often regarded as being on Diego Garcia.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> The only inhabitants are British and United States <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> personnel, and associated <a href="/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">contractors</a>, who collectively number around 3,000 (2018 figures).<a href="#cite_note-CIA-3">[3]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians" title="Expulsion of the Chagossians">forced removal of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago</a> occurred between 1968 and 1973. The <a href="/wiki/Chagossians" title="Chagossians">Chagossians</a>, then numbering about 2,000 people, were expelled by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">British government</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>, even from the outlying islands far away from the military base on Diego Garcia. Today, the Chagossians are still trying to return, but the British government has repeatedly denied them the <a href="/wiki/Right_of_return" title="Right of return">right of return</a> despite calls from numerous human rights organisations to let them.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-chagos-11">[11]</a> The islands are off-limits to Chagossians, <a href="/wiki/Tourist" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist">tourists</a>, and the media. Since the 1980s, the Government of <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute" title="Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute">sought to gain control</a> over the Chagos Archipelago, which was separated from the then <a href="/wiki/British_Mauritius" title="British Mauritius">Crown Colony of Mauritius</a> by the UK in 1965 to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. A February 2019 <a href="/wiki/Legal_Consequences_of_the_Separation_of_the_Chagos_Archipelago_from_Mauritius_in_1965" title="Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965">advisory opinion</a> of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a> called for the islands to be given to Mauritius. Afterward, both the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Tribunal_for_the_Law_of_the_Sea" title="International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea">International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea</a> reached similar decisions. Negotiations between the UK and Mauritius began in November 2022, and culminated in an October 2024 agreement that the UK would eventually cede the territory to Mauritius while retaining the joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia.<a href="#cite_note-UKGovStatement20241003-12">[12]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Maldivians" title="Maldivians">Maldivian</a> <a href="/wiki/Mariner" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariner">mariners</a> knew of the Chagos Islands, which were known as Fōlhavahi in the northern Maldives, and Hollhavai in the southern Maldives. Hollhavai also referred to other islands scattered throughout the Indian Ocean, such as the Seychelles. According to Southern Maldivian oral tradition, traders and fishermen were occasionally lost at sea and got stranded on one of the islands of the Chagos. Eventually they were rescued and brought back home. The <a href="/wiki/Coconut_crab" title="Coconut crab">coconut crabs</a> of the islands may have inspired Maldivian folklore about giant hermit crabs. These islands were judged to be too far away from the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_the_Maldive_Islands" title="Sultanate of the Maldive Islands">Maldivian crown</a> to be settled permanently by them. Thus, for many centuries the Chagos were ignored by their northern neighbours.<a href="#cite_note-xavier-13">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_settlement">Early settlement</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early settlement">edit</a>]</div> The islands of <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos Archipelago</a> were charted by <a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a> in the early 16th century, and then claimed in the 18th century by France as a possession of Mauritius. They were first settled in the 18th century by African slaves and Indian contractors brought by Franco-Mauritians to found coconut plantations.<a href="#cite_note-vine-14">[14]</a> At some point Diego Garcia hosted a <a href="/wiki/Leper_colony" title="Leper colony">leper colony</a> for patients from Mauritius, who were treated with turtle oil.<a href="#cite_note-Grainger1985-15">[15]</a> In 1810, Mauritius was captured by the United Kingdom, and France subsequently ceded the territory in the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1814)" title="Treaty of Paris (1814)">Treaty of Paris</a> in 1814. The United Kingdom <a href="/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833" title="Slavery Abolition Act 1833">abolished slavery in 1833</a>, although those on what would become the BIOT continued work as <a href="/wiki/Indentured_servitude" title="Indentured servitude">indentured labour</a>. In 1883 the plantations were bought by the Société Huilière de Diego et Peros. As of 1900 there were 426 families on the islands, 60 percent descended from the original African-Malagasy slaves, and 40% descended from South Asians brought over as indentured labour. <a href="/wiki/Chagossian_creole" title="Chagossian creole">Chagossian creole</a> developed as a common language.<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a> The lives of the population remained effectively controlled by the company, a system which persisted until the 1960s.<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 62  An airstrip was built on Diego Garcia during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> along with other military facilities. Military forces left once the war ended. In 1962 the plantations were bought by Chagos-Agalega Company, based in the Seychelles. At this time they covered 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres).<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Formation">edit</a>]</div> The descendants of those brought to the islands to farm coconuts had <a href="/wiki/Ethnogenesis" title="Ethnogenesis">developed</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Chagossians" title="Chagossians">Chagossian</a> people.<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a> There are no official population figures, but an estimate from 1968 found 866 inhabitants: 336 in Diego Garcia, 162 in the Salomon islands, and 168 in Peros Banhos. The <a href="/wiki/Vital_statistics_(government_records)" title="Vital statistics (government records)">vital statistics</a> were likely similar to other Indian Ocean islands. The birth rate on the Chagos archipelago was probably around 48 in every 1000. The birth rate for the former Seychellois islands was nominally lower, likely due to inhabitants more easily able to travel to the Seychelles for medical needs. Mortality before the age of 1 was around 98 per 1,000 live births. The overall death rate probably averaged under 12 per 1,000 people. Housing was simple, mostly using local wood and coconut leaves, with some imported concrete and corrugated iron. Most water was captured from rain, although there were groundwater wells. The islands at this time produced not only <a href="/wiki/Copra" title="Copra">copra</a> from the plantations, but fish, and fruit in the case of the Chagos archipelago. Alcohol was produced for local consumption, from coconut, sugar cane, and other materials. It is likely there was some malnutrition.<a href="#cite_note-Grainger1985-15">[15]</a> Beginning in February 1964, the UK and US began secret talks about a military base in Diego Garcia. The US wanted a territory with no local population, and the islands were lightly inhabited compared to other potential locations.<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a> The initial option of <a href="/wiki/Aldabra" title="Aldabra">Aldabra</a> was dropped due to international interest in its ecosystem.<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 65  In 1965, the United Kingdom split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and the islands of <a href="/wiki/Aldabra" title="Aldabra">Aldabra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farquhar_Group" title="Farquhar Group">Farquhar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Desroches" class="mw-redirect" title="Desroches">Desroches</a> (Des Roches) from the <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a> to form the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). The purpose was to allow the construction of military facilities for the mutual benefit of the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The islands were formally established as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom on 8 November 1965.<a href="#cite_note-Geographer1968-18">[18]</a> While it initially sought for the base to be given on a lease, Mauritius was eventually paid £3 million to compensate for the territory's separation, under pressure due to then-ongoing independence negotiations.<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 67  (An additional £650,000 was given in 1972, for relocation costs.)<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 62  A few weeks after the decision to detach the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> passed Resolution 2066 on 16 December 1965, which stated that this detachment of part of the colonial territory of Mauritius was against customary international law as recorded earlier in the <a href="/wiki/Declaration_on_the_Granting_of_Independence_to_Colonial_Countries_and_Peoples" title="Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples">Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples</a> of 14 December 1960. This stated that "Any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations".<a href="#cite_note-ungar-2066-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-openuni-selfdet-20">[20]</a> Mauritius became an independent <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a> in March 1968, and subsequently became a republic, also within the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a>, in March 1992.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians">Expulsion of the Chagossians</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Expulsion of the Chagossians">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians" title="Expulsion of the Chagossians">Expulsion of the Chagossians</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diplomatic_Cable_signed_by_D.A._Greenhill,_dated_August_24,_1966.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Diplomatic_Cable_signed_by_D.A._Greenhill%2C_dated_August_24%2C_1966.jpg/220px-Diplomatic_Cable_signed_by_D.A._Greenhill%2C_dated_August_24%2C_1966.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Diplomatic_Cable_signed_by_D.A._Greenhill%2C_dated_August_24%2C_1966.jpg/330px-Diplomatic_Cable_signed_by_D.A._Greenhill%2C_dated_August_24%2C_1966.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Diplomatic_Cable_signed_by_D.A._Greenhill%2C_dated_August_24%2C_1966.jpg/440px-Diplomatic_Cable_signed_by_D.A._Greenhill%2C_dated_August_24%2C_1966.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2504" data-file-height="3321" /></a><figcaption>British <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_cable" title="Diplomatic cable">diplomatic cable</a> signed by <a href="/wiki/Denis_Greenhill,_Baron_Greenhill_of_Harrow" title="Denis Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow">D.A. Greenhill</a>, 1966, relating to the <a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians" title="Expulsion of the Chagossians">depopulation of the Chagos Archipelago</a>.</figcaption></figure> In April 1967, the British government purchased the privately owned <a href="/wiki/Copra" title="Copra">copra</a> plantations for £600,000<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a> and closed them. Over the next five years, the British authorities removed the entire population of about 2,000 people, known as <a href="/wiki/Chagossians" title="Chagossians">Chagossians</a> (or Ilois), from Diego Garcia and two other Chagos atolls, <a href="/wiki/Peros_Banhos" title="Peros Banhos">Peros Banhos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salomon_Islands" title="Salomon Islands">Salomon Islands</a>, to Mauritius<a href="#cite_note-baker-22">[22]</a> and the Seychelles. The expulsion was carried out by preventing Chogossians who had left from returning from 1967, assisted by the Moulinie and Company (Seychelles), Limited company which the UK had set up to run the plantations. In 1968, when more workers were needed, non-Chagossian temporary workers were allowed in from the Seychelles. The remaining population was removed from Diego Garcia in January 1971, to meet a July 1971 deadline requested by the US. The populations of <a href="/wiki/Peros_Banhos" title="Peros Banhos">Peros Banhos</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Salomon_Islands" title="Salomon Islands">Salomon Islands</a> were removed starting from June 1972. The population as of 1965 was around 1,360 Chagossians, plus temporary workers from the Seychelles. Another few hundred Chagossians already lived outside of the islands. The UK informed the United Nations that BIOT had no indigenous population, meaning the UK would not have to <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_list_of_non-self-governing_territories" title="United Nations list of non-self-governing territories">send reports on the territory</a> to the UN.<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a> In 1971, the United Kingdom and the United States signed a treaty, leasing the island of Diego Garcia to the <a href="/wiki/US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="US military">US military</a> for the purposes of building a large air and naval base on the island. The deal was important to the British government, as the United States granted it a substantial discount on the purchase of <a href="/wiki/Polaris_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Polaris missile">Polaris nuclear missiles</a> in return for the use of the islands as a base.<a href="#cite_note-knapton-23">[23]</a> The island was strategically located near oil shipping routes, and Iran.<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 66  It would counter any <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> threat in the region.<a href="#cite_note-Harrison1989-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Development">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diegogarcia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Diegogarcia.jpg/250px-Diegogarcia.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Diegogarcia.jpg/375px-Diegogarcia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Diegogarcia.jpg/500px-Diegogarcia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="741" data-file-height="603" /></a><figcaption>View of <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>, showing military base.</figcaption></figure> As of 1971, the population of Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches was 246. This dropped to 155 in 1975, likely reflecting uncertainty about these islands' future status.<a href="#cite_note-Grainger1985-15">[15]</a> On 23 June 1976, these islands were returned to the Seychelles, which became independent as a republic on 29 June 1976; the islands now form part of the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Islands_(Seychelles)" title="Outer Islands (Seychelles)">Outer Islands</a> district of the Seychelles. Subsequently, the territory has consisted only of the six main island groups comprising the <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos Archipelago</a>. Work on the <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> base commenced in 1971, with a large <a href="/wiki/Airbase" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbase">airbase</a> with several long range <a href="/wiki/Runway" title="Runway">runways</a> constructed, as well as a harbour suitable for large naval vessels. Although classed as a joint UK/US base, in practice it is primarily staffed by the US military, although the UK maintains a garrison at all times, and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) long-range patrol aircraft are deployed there. During the 1980s,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">year needed</a>] Mauritius asserted a claim to sovereignty for the territory, citing the 1965 separation as illegal under international law, despite their apparent agreement at the time. The UK did not agree with the legal argument, but agreed to cede the territory to Mauritius when it was no longer required for defence purposes.<a href="#cite_note-FAC-20080706-p125-25">[25]</a> According to the CIA World Factbook, the Seychelles also had a sovereignty claim on the islands.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In 1982, the UK and US agreed waste would be shipped away from the territory.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 49  On 27 December 1984, Mauritius established an <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">exclusive economic zone</a> (EEZ) which included the waters around the BIOT, an action protested by the UK.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 53–54  In 1990, the first BIOT flag was unfurled. This flag, which also contains the <a href="/wiki/Union_Jack" title="Union Jack">Union Jack</a>, has depictions of the Indian Ocean, where the islands are located, in the form of white and blue wavy lines and also a palm tree rising above the British crown.<a href="#cite_note-World-28">[28]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, 20 nuclear-armed <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a> bombers were stationed at the base as a <a href="/wiki/Deterrence_theory" title="Deterrence theory">nuclear deterrent</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 42  The base was also strategically positioned to support the 2001 <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afganistan</a> and the 2003 <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">Iraq War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 66  On 1 October 1991, the UK created the "BIOT Fisheries Conservation and Management Zone (FCMZ)" covering the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial sea">territorial seas</a> of the BIOT.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 55–56  On 4 December 1995, the UK signed the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Fish_Stocks_Agreement" title="United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement">United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement</a> on behalf of the BIOT, which was protested by Mauritius when it signed in 1997.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 55  Both Mauritius and the United Kingdom agreed to the inclusion of the BIOT within the area covered by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Tuna_Commission" title="Indian Ocean Tuna Commission">Indian Ocean Tuna Commission</a>, which was formed in 1996.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 54  In 1996 the Mauritius Marine Conservation Society unsuccessfully sought to have the archipelago declared a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 52  Mauritius explicitly extended its ratification of the <a href="/wiki/Nairobi_Convention" title="Nairobi Convention">Nairobi Convention</a> to the Chagos archipelago in 2000, although this had limited practical impact.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 53  The islanders, who now mainly reside in Mauritius and Seychelles, have continually asserted their right to return to Diego Garcia, winning important legal victories in the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court</a> of England and Wales in 2000, 2006, and 2007. In the High Court and Court of Appeal in 2003 and 2004, the islanders' application for further compensation on top of the £14.5 million value package of compensation they had already received was dismissed by the court.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Following the 2000 ruling the British government announced that Chagossians would be permitted to return to the archipelago, aside from Diego Garcia. This position was reversed in 2004, before any had moved. The United Kingdom offered citizenship to some Chagossians starting in 2002.<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a> On 17 September 2003, the UK created the "BIOT Environmental Protection and Conservation Zone (EPCZ)" covering the BIOT's EEZ. This was opposed by Mauritius, which on 5 August 2005 reasserted their declared EEZ surrounding the territory.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 55–56  On 11 May 2006, the High Court ruled that a 2004 Order in Council preventing the Chagossians' resettlement of the islands was unlawful, and consequently that the Chagossians were entitled to return to the outer islands of the Chagos Archipelago.<a href="#cite_note-bancoult-30">[30]</a> On 23 May 2007, this was confirmed by the Court of Appeal.<a href="#cite_note-ssfca-31">[31]</a> In a visit sponsored by the British government, the islanders visited Diego Garcia and other islands on 3 April 2006 for humanitarian purposes, including the tending of the graves of their ancestors.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> On 22 October 2008, the British government won an <a href="/wiki/R_(Bancoult)_v_Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs_(No_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)">appeal to the House of Lords</a> regarding the <a href="/wiki/Royal_prerogative" title="Royal prerogative">royal prerogative</a> used to continue excluding the Chagossians from their homeland.<a href="#cite_note-afp-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-lords-34">[34]</a> In March 2007 Mauritian president <a href="/wiki/Anerood_Jugnauth" title="Anerood Jugnauth">Anerood Jugnauth</a> declared a willingness to take the dispute to the ICJ, and for Mauritius to leave the Commonwealth. In November 2007 a line of communication was established between the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Mauritian High Commission for BIOT-related matters.<a href="#cite_note-FAC-20080706-p125-25">[25]</a> The British government established the BIOT Marine Protected Area in April 2010, to mixed reactions from Chagossians. While the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office claimed that it was an environmental move as well as a necessary move to improve the coral populations off east Africa, and therefore sub-Saharan marine supplies, some Chagossians claimed that the reserve would prevent any resettlement due to the inability to fish in protected areas. The Chagossian UK-based Diego Garcian Society stated that it welcomed the marine reserve, noting that it was in the interest of Chagossians to have the area protected while they were exiled and that it could be renegotiated upon resettlement. The Foreign Office claimed the reserve was made "without prejudice to the outcome of proceedings before the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Reserve-35">[35]</a> (That court's 2012 decision was not in favour of the Islanders anyway.)<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> The protected area covered the territory's EEZ, but not its territorial waters.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 58  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_opinion_and_rulings">International opinion and rulings</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International opinion and rulings">edit</a>]</div> In 2009 Mauritius began negotiating with the Maldives to jointly settle the borders of EEZs in the area. These were unsuccessful, and in 2010 the Maldives submitted a claim that overlapped with both British and Mauritian claims. The Maldives contended that as much of the northern Chagos archipelago was uninhabited, they should not be included in the determination of EEZ baselines.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 57  Arbitration between the UK and Mauritius relating to the creation of the marine protected area began in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 36  This arbitration was cited by Mauritius to halt an attempt by a coalition of NGOs to have the archipelago declared a World Heritage site in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 52  In 2015 an UNCLOS tribunal ruled that the creation of a marine protected area violated British obligations.<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a> The idea to create a formal protected area was dropped.<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 68  The US-UK arrangement which established the territory for defence purposes initially was in place from 1966 to 2016, and has subsequently been renewed to continue until 2036. The announcement was accompanied by a pledge of £40 million in compensation to former residents.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> The base was seen as important for managing growing Chinese influence in the region.<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 67  The formerly obscure sovereignty dispute gained more international recognition as Mauritius obtained the support of other African countries. <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> deprived the United Kingdom of support from European allies.<a href="#cite_note-BBCHarding2024-38">[38]</a> In May 2017, Mauritius challenged the presence of the UK at a meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 55  On 22 June 2017 the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> (UNGA) voted to refer the issue to the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a> (ICJ) by 94 to 15. There were 65 abstentions, including British allies such as Canada, France, and Germany.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-AMTIPant2019-40">[40]</a> In February 2019, the ICJ issued an <a href="/wiki/Legal_Consequences_of_the_Separation_of_the_Chagos_Archipelago_from_Mauritius_in_1965" title="Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965">advisory opinion</a> by 13 votes to 1.<a href="#cite_note-AMTIPant2019-40">[40]</a> In its advisory opinion, the Court concluded that "the process of decolonisation of Mauritius was not lawfully completed when that country acceded to independence", and that "the United Kingdom is under an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible".<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-icj-cij-20190225-42">[42]</a> On 22 May 2019, the UNGA adopted a resolution citing the ICJ advisory opinion, affirming that "the Chagos Archipelago forms an integral part of the territory of Mauritius".<a href="#cite_note-UN2019-43">[43]</a> The motion was approved by a majority vote with 116 member states voting for and 6 against.<a href="#cite_note-UN2019-43">[43]</a> Votes against included the neighbouring Maldives, possibly concerned about the loss of maritime security benefits that emerge from the military base. The Seychelles benefits similarly, but voted for the resolution in solidarity with the African Union.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> On 28 January 2021, the United Nation's <a href="/wiki/International_Tribunal_for_the_Law_of_the_Sea" title="International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea">International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea</a> ruled, in a dispute between Mauritius and Maldives on their maritime boundary, that the United Kingdom has no sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, and that Mauritius is sovereign there. The United Kingdom disputes and does not recognise the tribunal's decision.<a href="#cite_note-bbc-20210128-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-InternationalTribunalfortheLawoftheSea-20210128-46">[46]</a> As with the ICJ decision, this decision had no legal compulsion, although both contributed to international pressure on the UK.<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 61  The <a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a> (UPU), which has jurisdiction over international mail among treaty signatory states, voted in 2021 to ban the use of BIOT postage stamps on mail from BIOT, instead requiring Mauritian stamps to be used.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> In February 2022, exiled islanders made their first unsupervised visit to an island in the Chagos Archipelago.<a href="#cite_note-observer-20220213-48">[48]</a> The Permanent Representative of Mauritius to the United Nations, <a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Koonjul" title="Jagdish Koonjul">Jagdish Koonjul</a>, raised the Mauritian flag on <a href="/wiki/Peros_Banhos" title="Peros Banhos">Peros Banhos</a>.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20220214-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-times-20220214-50">[50]</a> The main purpose of the 15-day Mauritian expedition is to survey the unclaimed <a href="/wiki/Blenheim_Reef" title="Blenheim Reef">Blenheim Reef</a>, to discover for a forthcoming <a href="/wiki/International_Tribunal_for_the_Law_of_the_Sea" title="International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea">International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea</a> hearing if it is exposed at high tide so is claimable.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20220213-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-maritime-executive-20220213-52">[52]</a> The chartered <a href="/wiki/IMO_7813913" class="mw-redirect" title="IMO 7813913">Bleu De Nîmes</a> was shadowed by a British fisheries protection vessel.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20220220-53">[53]</a> In October 2021 <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Sri Lankan Tamil</a> asylum seekers landed on Diego Garcia, and submitted asylum claims. The <a href="/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees" title="Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees">Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees</a> does not apply to the BIOT. Around 173 arrived in 2021 and 2022. Some were moved to <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a>, with around 60 left as of January 2024.<a href="#cite_note-HRW2023-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> In 2022, a dispute arising from American defence contractor <a href="/wiki/KBR_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="KBR (company)">KBR</a> allegedly prohibiting holidays during a period of low flight demand during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> led to 800 <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Filipino_Workers" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas Filipino Workers">Overseas Filipino Workers</a> being unable to leave Diego Garcia.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-ICJ_negotiations">Post-ICJ negotiations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-ICJ negotiations">edit</a>]</div> Comparisons between the BIOT and occupied areas of Ukraine hindered British diplomatic efforts to obtain Ukrainian support following the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>. Further pressure grew regarding Africa's "last colony", and in September 2022 British prime minister <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> met with Mauritian prime minister <a href="/wiki/Pravind_Jugnauth" title="Pravind Jugnauth">Pravind Jugnauth</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 60–61  On 3 November 2022, the British Foreign Secretary <a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a> announced that the UK and Mauritius had decided to begin negotiations on sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory, taking into account international legal proceedings. Both states had agreed to ensure the continued operation of the joint UK/US military base on Diego Garcia.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20221103-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-hansard-20221103-58">[58]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace" title="Carnegie Endowment for International Peace">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</a> has argued this change of approach is partly due to strategic shifts in US and UK foreign policies on Asia in response to China's growing power and influence, as disputes with former colonies encourage their deepening relationship with China.<a href="#cite_note-hocl-20221122-59">[59]</a> On 3 November 2022, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wintour" title="Patrick Wintour">Patrick Wintour</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">the Guardian</a> reported that the UK and Mauritius had begun negotiations on sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory, taking into account the international legal proceedings.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20221103-57">[57]</a> In December 2023, Tony Diver of <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">the Daily Telegraph</a> reported that the British government was planning to discontinue the talks.<a href="#cite_note-:0-60">[60]</a> These negotiations ceased in late 2023 after the UK Defence Secretary blocked the agreement that had been negotiated by the Foreign Office.<a href="#cite_note-:0-60">[60]</a> On 3 October 2024, British prime minister <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> and Mauritian prime minister <a href="/wiki/Pravind_Jugnauth" title="Pravind Jugnauth">Pravind Jugnauth</a> jointly announced that an agreement had been reached under which the UK would cede sovereignty over the territory. Under the deal, Diego Garcia will be excluded from any resettlement, and the UK will continue to administer the island for at least 99 years.<a href="#cite_note-BBCHarding2024-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-UKGovStatement20241003-12">[12]</a> Chagos Islanders would be allowed to return to the other islands and a fund will be established to support resettlement.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> No debate on the deal had taken place in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> due to it being in recess, and the deal attracted criticism from opposition politicians such as <a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Independent-62">[62]</a> who, as foreign secretary, had initiated the negotiations that took place from November 2022 until December 2023.<a href="#cite_note-:0-60">[60]</a> The announcement was also criticised by the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Speaker of the House of Commons">Speaker of the House of Commons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Lindsay_Hoyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Lindsay Hoyle">Sir Lindsay Hoyle</a>, who criticised the government for ignoring the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_conventions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constitutional conventions of the United Kingdom">constitutional convention</a> that important matters should be announced in the House of Commons first.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Some Chagossians have also criticised the deal for not having included the Chagossian community in the decision-making process.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Government">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="Government of the British Indian Ocean Territory">Government of the British Indian Ocean Territory</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Charles_III_(July_2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/King_Charles_III_%28July_2023%29.jpg/170px-King_Charles_III_%28July_2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/King_Charles_III_%28July_2023%29.jpg/255px-King_Charles_III_%28July_2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/King_Charles_III_%28July_2023%29.jpg/340px-King_Charles_III_%28July_2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="727" data-file-height="1025" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/King_Charles_III" class="mw-redirect" title="King Charles III">King Charles III</a> is the head of state of the British Indian Ocean Territory.</figcaption></figure> As a territory of the United Kingdom, the head of state is <a href="/wiki/King_Charles_III" class="mw-redirect" title="King Charles III">King Charles III</a>. There is no Governor appointed to represent the King in the territory, as there are no permanent inhabitants (as is also the case in <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a>). The territory is one of eight dependencies in the Indian Ocean, alongside the <a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a>, all Australian possessions; the <a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Scattered_Islands_in_the_Indian_Ocean" title="Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean">French Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean</a> and its dependencies of <a href="/wiki/Tromelin_Island" title="Tromelin Island">Tromelin</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Glorioso_Islands" title="Glorioso Islands">Glorioso Islands</a>; along with French <a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a> and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a>. The head of government is the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory">Commissioner</a>, most recently Paul Candler until August 2024; the Deputy Commissioner is Nishi Dholakia, and the Administrator is Emily Ager, and all senior officials reside in the United Kingdom.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> The Commissioner's Representative in the territory is the officer commanding the detachment of British forces.<a href="#cite_note-BIOT-Governance-66">[66]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DG_Ariel_Plantation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/DG_Ariel_Plantation.jpg/220px-DG_Ariel_Plantation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/DG_Ariel_Plantation.jpg/330px-DG_Ariel_Plantation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/DG_Ariel_Plantation.jpg/440px-DG_Ariel_Plantation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>View of <a href="/wiki/East_Point,_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="East Point, British Indian Ocean Territory">East Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>, from the air.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/57px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/76px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> has original text related to this article: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory_(Constitution)_Order_2004" class="extiw" title="wikisource:British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004">British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004</a></div></div></div> </div> The laws of the territory are based on the constitution, currently set out in the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004, which gives the Commissioner power to make laws for the <a href="/wiki/Peace,_order_and_good_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace, order and good government">peace, order and good government</a> of the territory.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-BIOT-Governance-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> If the Commissioner has not made a law on a particular topic then, in most circumstances, the laws that apply in the territory are the same as those that apply in England and Wales under the terms of the Courts Ordinance 1983.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> There is no legislature (and no elections) as there are no permanent inhabitants, although a small legal system has been established for the jurisdiction. As almost all residents of the BIOT are members of the United States military, in practice, crimes are more commonly charged under <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">United States military law</a>. Applicable treaties between the United Kingdom and the United States govern the use of the military base. The first exchange of notes, signed on 30 December 1966, constituted an agreement concerning the availability for defence purposes of the British Indian Ocean Territory.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> This was followed by agreements on the construction of a communications facility (1972), naval support facility (1976), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=08000002800c052b&clang=_enoperations">construction contracts</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">permanent dead link</a>‍] (1987), and a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=0800000280091d6c&clang=_en">monitoring facility</a> (1999). The United States is reportedly required to ask permission[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] of the United Kingdom to use the base for offensive military action. As the BIOT forms a separate legal jurisdiction to the United Kingdom under British law, many international conventions signed by the United Kingdom were not extended to the BIOT.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 39, 46  These include humanitarian treaties, including the <a href="/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees" title="Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees">1951 Refugee Convention</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights" title="International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights">International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights</a>, which makes the legal situation difficult.<a href="#cite_note-aljazeera-20220601-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-infomigrants-20221019-72">[72]</a> While the UK has joint jurisdiction over the military base, the British government contends that US warships around the base are responsible solely to the US, and thus do not need to meet British treaty obligations.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 43  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naval_Party_1002_and_MV_Grampian_Frontier">Naval Party 1002 and MV Grampian Frontier</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Naval Party 1002 and MV Grampian Frontier">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Naval_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Party">Naval Party</a> 1002 (NP 1002) is directly present in the territory, and is composed of both <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marine</a> personnel. NP 1002 is responsible for civil administration and enforcement. Its members are tasked with policing and carrying out customs duties. Royal Marines in the territory also reportedly form a security detachment.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Prior to 2017, the BIOT patrol vessel, MV Pacific Marlin, was based in <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>. It was operated by the <a href="/wiki/Swire_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Swire Pacific">Swire Pacific</a> Offshore Group. The Pacific Marlin patrolled the marine reserve all year, and since the marine reserve was designated in April 2010, the number of apprehensions of illegal vessels within the area has increased. The ship was built in 1978 as an ocean-going <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tug</a>. It is 57.7 metres (189 feet 4 inches) long, with a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 3.8 metres (12 feet 6 inches), and <a href="/wiki/Gross_tonnage" title="Gross tonnage">gross tonnage</a> of 1,200 tons. It has a maximum speed of 12.5 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (23.2 <a href="/wiki/Kilometres_per_hour" title="Kilometres per hour">kilometres per hour</a>; 14.4 <a href="/wiki/Miles_per_hour" title="Miles per hour">miles per hour</a>) with an economic speed of 11 knots (20 kilometres per hour; 13 miles per hour), permitting a range of about 18,000 nautical miles (33,000 kilometres; 21,000 miles) and fuel endurance of 68 days. It was the oldest vessel in the Swire fleet.<a href="#cite_note-independent-20140328-74">[74]</a> Pacific Marlin reportedly spent about 54% of her taskings on fishery patrol duties, and a further 19% on military patrol duties.<a href="#cite_note-sites.google.com-75">[75]</a> In 2016, a new contract was signed with <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scottish</a>-based <a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Star_Shipping&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="North Star Shipping (page does not exist)">North Star Shipping</a> for the use of the vessel MV Grampian Frontier<a href="#cite_note-sites.google.com-75">[75]</a> (also known as the Grampian Endurance).<a href="#cite_note-MaritimeExecutive2023-76">[76]</a> She is a 70 metres (230 feet) vessel carrying up to 24 personnel, and fulfils both the patrol and research role.<a href="#cite_note-sites.google.com-75">[75]</a> The vessel reportedly operates in conjunction with personnel from NP 1002 on both fisheries and military enforcement tasks / <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">exercises</a>, and also carries scientists / researchers involved in a range of research work, particularly conservation.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In 2022, Grampian Frontier tracked a Mauritian-charted vessel temporarily bringing Chagossian exiles to Blenheim Reef in the archipelago.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> also maintains two <a href="/wiki/Offshore_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Offshore patrol vessel">offshore patrol vessels</a> in the Indo-Pacific region, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tamar_(P233)" title="HMS Tamar (P233)">HMS Tamar</a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Spey_(P234)" title="HMS Spey (P234)">HMS Spey</a>. Either may be periodically employed for sovereignty protection and other duties in BIOT waters.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> HMS Tamar paid a rare visit to the islands in February/March 2023 conducting fisheries protection and other missions.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory">Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SeychellesBIOT1970.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/SeychellesBIOT1970.jpg/290px-SeychellesBIOT1970.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/SeychellesBIOT1970.jpg/435px-SeychellesBIOT1970.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/SeychellesBIOT1970.jpg/580px-SeychellesBIOT1970.jpg 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="283" /></a><figcaption>The British Indian Ocean Territory prior to the Seychelles's independence in 1976. The land at bottom left is the northern tip of <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>. (<a href="/wiki/Desroches_Island" title="Desroches Island">Desroches</a> is not labelled, but is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Amirante_Islands" title="Amirante Islands">Amirante Islands</a>.)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biot-map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Biot-map.png/290px-Biot-map.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Biot-map.png 1.5x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="353" /></a><figcaption>Map of the British Indian Ocean Territory since 1976.</figcaption></figure> The territory is an archipelago of 58 islands covering 56 square kilometres (22 sq mi). The largest island is <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>, which at 32.5 square kilometres (12.5 sq mi) accounts for about half of the territory's total land area. The rest of the island's are much smaller, with the second largest being just over 3.1 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi).<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 65  The terrain is flat and low,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] with an average elevation of 1.33 metres (4.4 ft) above sea level.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 50  In 2010, 545,000 square kilometres (210,000 square miles) of ocean around the islands was declared a marine reserve.<a href="#cite_note-Reserve-35">[35]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory_Constitution_Order_2004" class="extiw" title="s:British Indian Ocean Territory Constitution Order 2004">British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004</a> defines the territory as comprising the following islands or groups of islands: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Brothers,_Chagos" title="Three Brothers, Chagos">Three Brothers Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egmont_Islands" title="Egmont Islands">Egmont Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelsons_Island" title="Nelsons Island">Nelson Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peros_Banhos" title="Peros Banhos">Peros Banhos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Islands" title="Eagle Islands">Eagle Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salomon_Islands" title="Salomon Islands">Salomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danger_Island,_Great_Chagos_Bank" title="Danger Island, Great Chagos Bank">Danger Island</a></li></ul> These islands and associated coral reefs lie between 4°44 and 7°41 south and 70°47 and 72°47 east.<a href="#cite_note-Grainger1985-15">[15]</a> As indicated above, the territory also included <a href="/wiki/Aldabra" title="Aldabra">Aldabra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farquhar_Group" title="Farquhar Group">Farquhar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Desroches" class="mw-redirect" title="Desroches">Desroches</a> between 1965 and 1976; the latter group of islands is located north of <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a> and were annexed from and returned to the <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Climate">edit</a>]</div> The climate is <a href="/wiki/Tropical_marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical marine">tropical marine</a>; hot, humid, and moderated by <a href="/wiki/Trade_winds" title="Trade winds">trade winds</a>.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> These winds originate from the southeast from May to November, reversing for the rest of the year. The average temperature is 27 °C (81 °F), and does not vary greatly throughout the year. While rain is common,<a href="#cite_note-Grainger1985-15">[15]</a> the territory lies outside of cyclone paths that cross the Indian Ocean further south.<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 68  The Diego Garcia military base is the United States military's overseas base most at risk from <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 50  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transport">edit</a>]</div> In terms of transportation on Diego Garcia, the island has short stretches of paved road between the port and <a href="/wiki/Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Airfield">airfield</a>, and on its streets; transport is mostly by bicycle and on foot. The island had many <a href="/wiki/Wagonway" title="Wagonway">wagonways</a>, which were donkey-hauled narrow gauge railways for the transport of coconut wagons. These are no longer in use and have deteriorated.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Terminal_BIOT.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Terminal_BIOT.jpg/220px-Terminal_BIOT.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Terminal_BIOT.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>The airport passenger terminal in Diego Garcia, complete with red British telephone box.</figcaption></figure> Diego Garcia's military base is home to the territory's only <a href="/wiki/Airport" title="Airport">airport</a>. At 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) long, the <a href="/wiki/Runway" title="Runway">runway</a> is capable of supporting heavy <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force">US Air Force</a> bombers such as the <a href="/wiki/B-52" class="mw-redirect" title="B-52">B-52</a>, and would have been able to support the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> in the event of a mission abort.<a href="#cite_note-cnn-20190310-84">[84]</a> It also has a major naval seaport,<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> and there is also a marina bus service along the main road of the island.<a href="#cite_note-baltimore-86">[86]</a> Yacht crews seeking safe passage across the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> may apply for a mooring permit for the uninhabited Outer Islands (beyond Diego Garcia),<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> but must not approach within 3 nautical miles (5.6 kilometres; 3.5 miles), land on, or anchor at islands designated as Strict Nature Reserves, or the nature reserve within the <a href="/wiki/Peros_Banhos" title="Peros Banhos">Peros Banhos</a> atoll. Unauthorised vessels or persons are not permitted access to Diego Garcia, and no unauthorised vessel is permitted to approach within three nautical miles of the island.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservation">Conservation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Conservation">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salomons_Atoll_in_the_Chagos.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Salomons_Atoll_in_the_Chagos.jpg/220px-Salomons_Atoll_in_the_Chagos.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Salomons_Atoll_in_the_Chagos.jpg/330px-Salomons_Atoll_in_the_Chagos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Salomons_Atoll_in_the_Chagos.jpg/440px-Salomons_Atoll_in_the_Chagos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Salomons Atoll</figcaption></figure> The territory is part of the <a href="/wiki/International_Whaling_Commission" title="International Whaling Commission">International Whaling Commission</a>'s 1979 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Whale_Sanctuary" title="Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary">Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 47  The <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar Convention</a> was extended to the BIOT on 8 September 1998, and application for non-military areas of Diego Garcia began on 4 July 2001.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 47–48  BIOT is also subject to <a href="/wiki/CITES" title="CITES">CITES</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Conservation_of_Migratory_Species" class="mw-redirect" title="Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species">Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Vienna_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_the_Ozone_Layer" title="Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer">Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sand2018-27">[27]</a>: 48  On 1 April 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Marine_Protected_Area" title="Chagos Marine Protected Area">Chagos Marine Protected Area</a> (MPA) was declared to cover the waters around the Chagos Archipelago. Mauritius objected, stating this was contrary to its legal rights, and on 18 March 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration" title="Permanent Court of Arbitration">Permanent Court of Arbitration</a> ruled that the MPA was illegal under the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea" title="United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea">United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea</a>, as Mauritius had legally binding rights to fish in the waters surrounding the archipelago, to an eventual return of the archipelago, and to the preservation of any minerals or oil discovered in or near the archipelago prior to its return.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20150319-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-cga-pressrelease-90">[90]</a> The MPA's declaration doubled the total area of environmental no-take zones worldwide. The benefits of protecting this area are described as follows: <ul><li>Providing an <a href="/wiki/Natural_environment" title="Natural environment">environmental</a> benchmark for other areas (unlike the rest of the world, the BIOT has been relatively untouched by man's actions);</li> <li>Providing a natural laboratory to help understand <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>;</li> <li>An opportunity for research related to <a href="/wiki/Marine_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine science">marine science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a>, and climate change;</li> <li>Acting as a reserve for species in danger in other areas; and</li> <li>Providing an export supply of surplus juveniles, larvae, seeds, and spores to help with output in neighbouring areas.<a href="#cite_note-nsmc-91">[91]</a></li></ul> The area had already been declared an Environmental (Preservation and Protection) Zone, but since the establishment of the MPA, fishing has no longer been permitted in the area. The BIOT Administration has facilitated several visits to the territory by the eldest Chagossians, and environmental training for UK-based Chagossians that allows some to become involved in scientific work (alongside visiting scientists).<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> The islands are surrounded by very productive fisheries.<a href="#cite_note-Hardy2023-17">[17]</a>: 64  As the BIOT EEZ is patrolled by only one dedicated vessel, the Grampian Frontier, it is difficult to monitor <a href="/wiki/Illegal,_unreported_and_unregulated_fishing" title="Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing">illegal fishing</a>. A rise in illegal fishing in the early 2020s led to a decrease in sharks, and the Royal Navy ship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tamar_(P233)" title="HMS Tamar (P233)">HMS Tamar</a> was sent to assist with monitoring efforts.<a href="#cite_note-MaritimeExecutive2023-76">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics">edit</a>]</div> The British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 states that "no person has the right of abode" in the territory as it "was constituted and is set aside to be available for the defence purposes of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Government of the United States of America</a>", and accordingly, "no person is entitled to enter or be present in the Territory except as authorised" by its laws. As there is no permanent population, or census, information on the demographics of the territory is limited; the size of the population is related to its offensive requirements. <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>, with a land area of 27 square kilometres (10 square miles), is the only inhabited island in the territory, and therefore has an estimated average population density of around 110 persons per km2. Diego Garcia's population is normally limited to official visitors and military-essential personnel only, and family members are not authorised to travel to Diego Garcia (the island therefore has no schools). Personnel may not travel to the island for leave, but they may transit through Diego Garcia to connect with follow-on flights.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> The population in 1995 was estimated to be approximately 3,300; i.e. 1,700 UK and US military personnel and 1,500 civilian contractors. The total population was reportedly 4,000 persons in 2006, of whom 2,200 were US military personnel or contractors, 1,400 were <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Filipino_Worker" title="Overseas Filipino Worker">Overseas Filipino Worker</a> contract staff, 300 were Mauritian contract staff, and 100 were members of the <a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">British Armed Forces</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The population had decreased to around 3,000 persons in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-CIA-3">[3]</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_(United_Nations)" title="List of countries by population (United Nations)">United Nations population statistics</a> indicate that island's population is comparable to that of the Falkland Islands. The remainder of the archipelago is ordinarily uninhabited. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marooned_asylum_seekers">Marooned asylum seekers</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Marooned asylum seekers">edit</a>]</div> In October 2021, 89 <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Sri Lankan Tamils</a>, including 20 children, who were traveling from India to Canada in a vessel which ran into distress, were intercepted and escorted to Diego Garcia by the British military. After more than seven months without a resolution to their situation on the island, 42 of them started a hunger strike. London <a href="/wiki/Solicitor" title="Solicitor">solicitors</a> for 81 of them say they have been given no information about how they may claim international protection, or how long they will be kept on Diego Garcia.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20220520-94">[94]</a> On 10 April 2022, a further 30 asylum seekers rescued from a second vessel joined the 89 Sri Lankans, who are being kept in a tented fenced-in camp.<a href="#cite_note-aljazeera-20220520-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-c4n-20220610-96">[96]</a> On 25 October 2022, the British government stated it "remains committed to supporting their departure" and they "will not be permitted to make a claim for asylum in the UK".<a href="#cite_note-parliament-20221025-97">[97]</a> Further small boats with Tamil refugees that ran into difficulties were escorted to Diego Garcia, where repairs were made, and they were permitted to leave. One boat carrying 46 people went on to the French territory of <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a>.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20221016-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-infomigrants-20221019-72">[72]</a> The BIOT commissioner ruled that the group that had arrived in October 2021 could be lawfully returned to <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. Ten group members challenged this decision in the BIOT Supreme Court, on the basis that the decision-making process was flawed, and were granted a <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a> that was due to be heard in September 2023. Shortly before the judicial review hearing, lawyers representing the commissioner withdrew all the decisions, and the commissioner agreed to reassess each protection claim using reviewers not previously involved in the cases. The solicitor for eight of the group said: "Our clients are relieved that the BIOT commissioner has finally agreed to withdraw the unlawful decisions to forcibly return them to Sri Lanka where they face risk of torture and persecution."<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20230925-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-biotsc-20230925-100">[100]</a> The asylum seekers live in tents in a fenced camp of approximately 100 m × 140 m (14,000 m2 or 1.4 ha), which they cannot leave without a security escort. "Most of the children have never left the camp other than infrequent visits to the beach under security escort" a report by a UN agency says. There have been reports of sexual assault (by other asylum seekers), self-harm and suicide attempts. As of February 2024, there are 61 people in the camp.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Economy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Street_in_Diego_Garcia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Street_in_Diego_Garcia.jpg/220px-Street_in_Diego_Garcia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Street_in_Diego_Garcia.jpg/330px-Street_in_Diego_Garcia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Street_in_Diego_Garcia.jpg/440px-Street_in_Diego_Garcia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>Street in Diego Garcia. Traffic drives on the right, unlike other British territories, except for Gibraltar</figcaption></figure> All economic activity is concentrated on <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>, where <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_British_Indian_Ocean_Territories" title="British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories">joint UK/US defence facilities</a> are located. Construction projects and the operation of various services needed to support the military installations are carried out by military, and contract employees from Britain, Mauritius, the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, and the United States. There are no industrial or agricultural activities on the islands. Until the creation of the marine sanctuary, the licensing of <a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry" title="Fishing industry">commercial fishing</a> provided an annual income of about <a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>1 million for the territory.<a href="#cite_note-hansard-103">[103]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Services">Services</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Services">edit</a>]</div> The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navymwrdiegogarcia.com/">Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR)</a> section provides several facilities on Diego Garcia, including a library, outdoor cinema, shops, and sports centres, with prices in <a href="/wiki/US_dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="US dollar">US dollars</a>. The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biotpostoffice.com/about-1.asp">BIOT Post Office</a> provides outbound postal services, and postage stamps have been issued for the territory since 17 January 1968. As the territory was originally part of Mauritius and the Seychelles, these stamps were denominated in <a href="/wiki/Seychellois_rupee" title="Seychellois rupee">rupees</a> until 1992, after which were issued in denominations of <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">pound sterling</a>, the territory's official currency. Basic medical services are provided, with the option of <a href="/wiki/Medical_evacuation" title="Medical evacuation">medical evacuation</a> where required, and the territory has no schools.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Telecommunications">Telecommunications</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Telecommunications">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Cable_%26_Wireless_plc" title="Cable & Wireless plc">Cable & Wireless</a> started operating telecommunications services in 1982, under licence from the British government. In April 2013, the company was acquired by the <a href="/wiki/Batelco" title="Batelco">Batelco</a> Group, and Cable & Wireless (Diego Garcia) Ltd subsequently changed its name to Sure (Diego Garcia) Ltd; Sure International is the corporate division of the business. Due to its geographic location in proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a>, with unobstructed views to the horizon, Diego Garcia has access to a relatively large number of <a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous" class="mw-redirect" title="Geosynchronous">geosynchronous</a> satellites over the Indian and eastern Atlantic Oceans, and the island is home to Diego Garcia Station (DGS), a remote tracking station making up part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Satellite_Control_Network" title="Satellite Control Network">Satellite Control Network</a> (SCN); the station has two sides to provide enhanced tracking capabilities for AFSCN users.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> In spring 2022, Diego Garcia was connected to a fiber-optic <a href="/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable" title="Submarine communications cable">submarine communications cable</a>, as a spur to the new commercial <a href="/wiki/Oman_Australia_Cable" title="Oman Australia Cable">Oman Australia Cable</a> connecting <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> to <a href="/wiki/Muscat" title="Muscat">Muscat</a>, which ran near the island. The cable also has a spur to Australia's <a href="/wiki/Cocos_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Cocos Islands">Cocos Islands</a> which has an <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands_Airport" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport">airfield</a> due to support maritime patrol aircraft. The cable cost $300 million, with the U.S. DOD contributing about a third of the cost.<a href="#cite_note-reuters-20230706-106">[106]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Broadcasting">edit</a>]</div> The territory has three FM radio broadcast stations; provided by the <a href="/wiki/American_Forces_Network" title="American Forces Network">American Forces Network</a> (AFN) and <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">British Forces Broadcasting Service</a> (BFBS). <a href="/wiki/Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio">Amateur radio</a> operations occur from Diego Garcia, using the British callsign <a href="/wiki/ITU_prefix_-_amateur_and_experimental_stations" class="mw-redirect" title="ITU prefix - amateur and experimental stations">prefix</a> VQ9. An amateur club station, VQ9X, was sponsored by the US Navy for use by operators both licensed in their home country and possessing a VQ9 callsign issued by the local British Indian Ocean Territory representative.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> The navy closed the station in early 2013, and any future licensed amateurs wishing to operate from the island would therefore have had to provide their own antenna and radio equipment.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=".io_domain_name">.io domain name</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: .io domain name">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/.io" title=".io">.io</a> (Indian Ocean) <a href="/wiki/Country-code_top-level_domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Country-code top-level domain">country-code top-level domain</a> was delegated by the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority" title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority">Internet Assigned Numbers Authority</a> (IANA) to British entrepreneur <a href="/wiki/Paul_Kane_(entrepreneur)" title="Paul Kane (entrepreneur)">Paul Kane</a> in 1997, and was operated for private benefit under the trade name 'Internet Computer Bureau' from 1997 until 2017.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> In April 2017, Paul Kane sold the Internet Computer Bureau holding company to privately held domain name registry services provider <a href="/wiki/Afilias" title="Afilias">Afilias</a> for <a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>70 million in cash.<a href="#cite_note-domainincite-110">[110]</a> In July 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Refugee_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Chagos Refugee Group">Chagos Refugees Group UK</a> submitted a complaint to the Irish government against Paul Kane and Afilias, seeking repatriation of the .io domain, and payment of back royalties from the $7m per year in revenue generated by the domain.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sports">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Islands_national_football_team" title="Chagos Islands national football team">Chagos Islands national football team</a>, started by the descendants of exiled Chagossians, has represented the islands in <a href="/wiki/Non-FIFA_competitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-FIFA competitions">non-FIFA competitions</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/2016_CONIFA_World_Football_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 CONIFA World Football Cup">2016 CONIFA World Football Cup</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_Sport_2022-112">[112]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Indian_Ocean_Territory&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style 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advice</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biot.gov.io/wp-content/uploads/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory_Map.jpg">British Indian Ocean Territory – official map</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrj/installations/nsf_diego_garcia.html">Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia</a> – US Navy website</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/NSFDGPAO">Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia</a> – YouTube</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/NSFDG">Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia</a> – Facebook</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ctbto.org/verification-regime/featured-stations/types/hydroacoustic/ha08-british-indian-ocean-territory-biotchagos-archipelago-united-kingdom">Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty station, Diego Garcia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp">BIOT Post Office</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Chagossian campaign</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chagossupport.org.uk">UK Chagos Support Association</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.letusreturnusa.org">Let Us Return USA – US Chagossian Support Group</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/jihr/v5/n1/4/Nauvel.pdf">Christian Nauvel, "A Return from Exile in Sight? The Chagossians and their Struggle" (2006) 5 Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights 96–126</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110302222704/http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/jihr/v5/n1/4/Nauvel.pdf">Archived</a> 2 March 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (retrieved 9 May 2011).</li></ul> <dl><dt>Others</dt></dl> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory_(Constitution)_Order_2004">British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chagos-trust.org">Chagos Conservation Trust</a> – a non-political charity whose aims are to promote conservation, scientific and historical research, and to advance education concerning the archipelago</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sure.io">Sure Diego Garcia</a> – telecommunications company, Diego Garcia</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.diegogarciaonline.com">Diego Garcia Online</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190714193308/http://www.diegogarciaonline.com/">Archived</a> 14 July 2019 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> – information for Diego Garcia population</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/british-indian-ocean-territory/">British Indian Ocean Territory</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook">The World Factbook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081229033328/http://ec.europa.eu/development/geographical/regionscountries/countries/country_profile.cfm?cid=io&type=short&lng=en">EU relations with British Indian Ocean Territory</a> (archived)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=diego_garcia">Diego Garcia</a> – timeline posted at the History Commons <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101230022139/http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=diego_garcia">Archived</a> 30 December 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090912153847/http://www.britlink.org/chagos.html">Chagos Islands (BIOT) at Britlink</a> – British Islands & Territories (archived)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://govmu.org/EN/Pages/AboutChagos.aspx">About 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colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> <a href="/wiki/Addu_Atoll" title="Addu Atoll">Addu</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/45px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> <img alt="" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/35px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/46px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">British Indian Ocean Territory</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Bengkulu.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bengkulu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Bengkulu.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bengkulu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Bengkulu.svg/43px-Flag_of_Bengkulu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2286" data-file-height="1600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bengkulu" title="Bengkulu">Bengkulu</a>, <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" 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title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> since 1713</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heligoland" title="Heligoland">Heligoland</a> 1807–1890</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands" title="United States of the Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a> 1809–1864</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Ireland</a> 1542–1800 (integrated into the UK) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Free State</a> 1921–1931</li></ul></li> <li>†Malta <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Protectorate" title="Malta Protectorate">Protectorate</a> 1800–1813</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Malta" title="Crown Colony of Malta">Colony</a> 1813–1964</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menorca" title="Menorca">Minorca</a> 1708–1757, 1763–1782 and 1798–1802</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Africa" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Africa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a>23 since 1815</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basutoland" title="Basutoland">Basutoland</a> (†<a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>) 1868–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bechuanaland_Protectorate" title="Bechuanaland Protectorate">Bechuanaland</a> (†<a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a>) 1884–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Cameroons" title="British Cameroons">Cameroons</a>13 1919–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a> 1795–1803</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape of Good Hope</a> 1806–1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Central_Africa_Protectorate" title="British Central Africa Protectorate">Central Africa</a> 1891–1907</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Protectorate" title="East Africa Protectorate">East Africa</a> 1895–1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Egypt" title="Sultanate of Egypt">Egypt</a> 1882–1922</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Gambia_Colony_and_Protectorate" title="Gambia Colony and Protectorate">The Gambia</a> 1816–1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)" title="Gold Coast (British colony)">Gold Coast</a> (†<a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>) 1874–1957</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Kenya_Colony" title="Kenya Colony">Kenya</a> 1920–1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagos_Colony" title="Lagos Colony">Lagos</a> 1862–1906</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Madeira" title="History of Madeira">Madeira</a> 1807–1808</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/British_Mauritius" title="British Mauritius">Mauritius</a> 1810–1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Natal" title="Colony of Natal">Natal</a> 1856–1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niger_Coast_Protectorate" title="Niger Coast Protectorate">Niger Coast</a> 1884–1900</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Colonial_Nigeria" title="Colonial Nigeria">Nigeria</a> 1914–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Northern Nigeria Protectorate">Northern Nigeria</a> 1900–1914</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia</a>15 1924–1964</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyasaland" title="Nyasaland">Nyasaland</a> 1891–1964</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_River_Colony" title="Orange River Colony">Orange River</a> 1900–1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a>23 since 1658</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/History_of_Seychelles" title="History of Seychelles">Seychelles</a> 1903–1976</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Colony_and_Protectorate" title="Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate">Sierra Leone</a> 1792–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland" title="British Somaliland">Somaliland</a> 1884–1960</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">South Africa</a> 1910–1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-West_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="South-West Africa">South-West Africa</a>12 1915–1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a>14 1923–1965 and 1979–1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Southern Nigeria Protectorate">Southern Nigeria</a> 1900–1914</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/History_of_Swaziland" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Swaziland">Swaziland</a> 1893–1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan" title="Anglo-Egyptian Sudan">Sudan</a> 1899–1956</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanganyika_Territory" title="Tanganyika Territory">Tanganyika</a>13 1922–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transvaal_Colony" title="Transvaal Colony">Transvaal</a> 1900–1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a>23 since 1816</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Uganda_Protectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Uganda Protectorate">Uganda</a> 1890–1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a> 1890–1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom" title="Zulu Kingdom">Zululand</a> 1887–1897</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>12Now †<a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li>13<a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a>. British Cameroons is now part of †<a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a>, while Tanganyika is part of †<a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>.</li> <li>14<a href="/wiki/Responsible_government" title="Responsible government">Self-governing</a> Southern Rhodesia <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence">unilaterally declared independence</a> in 1965 (as <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>) and continued as an <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_recognition" title="Diplomatic recognition">unrecognised</a> state until the 1979 <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_House_Agreement" title="Lancaster House Agreement">Lancaster House Agreement</a>. After recognised independence in 1980, Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth until it withdrew in 2003.</li> <li>15Now †<a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Asia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Asia</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aden_Colony" title="Aden Colony">Aden Colony</a> 1839–1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">Afghanistan</a> 1839–1842 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_influence_in_Afghanistan" title="European influence in Afghanistan">Protectorate</a> 1879–1919</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Bencoolen" title="British Bencoolen">Bencoolen</a> 1685–1824</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangka_Island" title="Bangka Island">Banka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belitung" title="Belitung">Billiton</a> 1812–1824</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a> 1757–1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bhutan" title="History of Bhutan">Bhutan</a> (protectorate) 1907–1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Borneo" title="British Borneo">Borneo</a> 1874–1963</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">British Indian Ocean Territory</a> since 1965 (before as part of <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>)26</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" title="British rule in Burma">Burma</a> 1824–1948</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Bruneian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruneian Empire">Brunei</a> 1888–1984</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> 1795–1948</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/British_Cyprus" title="British Cyprus">Cyprus</a> 1878–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> 1841–1997</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a>18 1858–1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> 1811–1816</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikhdom_of_Kuwait" title="Sheikhdom of Kuwait">Kuwait</a> 1918–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Labuan" title="Crown Colony of Labuan">Labuan</a> 1848–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">Malaya</a> 1819–1826 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federated_Malay_States" title="Federated Malay States">Federated States</a> 1895–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unfederated_Malay_States" title="Unfederated Malay States">Unfederated States</a> 1885–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Union" title="Malayan Union">Union</a> 1946–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Federation</a> 1948–1957</li></ul></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Independence_of_the_Maldives" title="Independence of the Maldives">Maldives</a> 1796–1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_occupation_of_Manila" title="British occupation of Manila">Manila and Cavite</a> 1762–1764</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Mesopotamia" title="Mandate for Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a>19 1920–1932</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muscat_and_Oman" title="Muscat and Oman">Muscat and Oman</a> 1891–1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Borneo" title="North Borneo">North Borneo</a> 1882–1963 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo" title="Crown Colony of North Borneo">Crown Colony</a> 1946–1963</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padang" title="Padang">Padang</a> 1781–1784 and 1795–1819</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Palestine</a>19 1923–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Penang" title="History of Penang">Penang</a> 1786–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4n_S%C6%A1n_Island" title="Côn Sơn Island">Pulo Condore</a> 1702–1705</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_of_Sarawak" title="Raj of Sarawak">Sarawak</a> 1841–1946 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Sarawak" title="Crown Colony of Sarawak">Crown Colony</a> 1946–1963</li></ul></li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Singapore" title="Colony of Singapore">Singapore</a> 1946–1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Vietnam_(1945%E2%80%931946)" title="War in Vietnam (1945–1946)">South Vietnam</a> 1945–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straits_Settlements" title="Straits Settlements">Straits Settlements</a> 1826–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan" title="Emirate of Transjordan">Transjordan</a> 1921–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial States</a> 1892–1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weihaiwei_under_British_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Weihaiwei under British rule">Weihai</a> 1898–1930</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>18Now †<a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, †<a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> and †<a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li>19<a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a>. Iraq's mandate was not enacted and replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Iraqi Treaty">Anglo-Iraqi Treaty</a></li> <li>26Legitimacy of territorial establishment <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute" title="Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute">disputed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="North_America" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">North America</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a> since 1650</li> <li>*<a href="/wiki/Antigua" title="Antigua">Antigua</a> 1632–1860</li> <li>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="History of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> 1860–1981</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Bahamas" title="History of the Bahamas">Bahamas</a> 1670–1973</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/History_of_Barbados" title="History of Barbados">Barbados</a> 1624–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Islands_Department" title="Bay Islands Department">Bay Islands</a> 1643–1860</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/British_Honduras" title="British Honduras">Belize</a> 1871–1981</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> since 1619</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Arctic_Territories" title="British Arctic Territories">British Arctic Territories</a> 16th c.–1880</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_British_Columbia_(1858%E2%80%931866)" title="Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)">British Columbia</a> 1858–1866 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_British_Columbia_(1866%E2%80%931871)" title="Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)">1866–1871</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton Island</a> 1754–1820</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/History_of_Dominica" title="History of Dominica">Dominica</a> 1763–1978</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Florida" title="East Florida">East Florida</a> 1763–1783</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Grenada" title="History of Grenada">Grenada</a> 1762–1974</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Canada" title="Lower Canada">Lower</a> 1791–1841</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Canada" title="Upper Canada">Upper</a> 1791–1841</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canada" title="Province of Canada">Province</a> 1841–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-Confederation_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931914)" title="Post-Confederation Canada (1867–1914)">Dominion</a> 1867–1931</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Carolina</a> 1663–1712</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a> since 1670</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_District" title="Columbia District">Columbia District</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oregon_Country" title="Oregon Country">Oregon Country</a> 1818–1846</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Colony" title="Connecticut Colony">Connecticut</a> 1636–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Colony" title="Delaware Colony">Delaware</a> 1701–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Jersey" title="East Jersey">East Jersey</a> 1674–1702</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Georgia" title="Province of Georgia">Georgia</a> 1733–1776</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Jamaica" title="Colony of Jamaica">Jamaica</a> 1655–1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Leeward_Islands" title="British Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> 1671–1816, 1833–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">MassachusettsBay</a> 1629–1691 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Province</a>, 1691–1776</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Maryland" title="Province of Maryland">Maryland</a> 1632–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a> since 1632</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosquito_Coast" title="Mosquito Coast">Mosquito Coast</a> 1655–1860</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevis" title="Nevis">Nevis</a> 1628–1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Albion" title="New Albion">New Albion</a> 1579</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_New_Brunswick" title="History of New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> 1784–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_England" title="Dominion of New England">New England</a> 1686–1689</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire" title="Province of New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> 1680–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Colony" title="New Haven Colony">New Haven</a> 1637–1662</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey" title="Province of New Jersey">New Jersey</a> 1665–1674 and 1702–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">New York</a> 1664–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a> 1907–1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="History of Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a> 1583–1907</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina" title="Province of North Carolina">North Carolina</a> 1712–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-Western_Territory" title="North-Western Territory">North-Western Territory</a> 1859–1870</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Nova_Scotia" title="History of Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> 1713–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulet_affair_(1843)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paulet affair (1843)">Paulet affair</a> 1843</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="History of Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a> 1763–1873</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> 1681–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth</a> 1620–1691</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Quebec_(1763%E2%80%931791)" title="Province of Quebec (1763–1791)">Quebec</a> 1763–1791* <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_the_Queen_Charlotte_Islands" title="Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands">Queen Charlotte Islands</a> 1853–1863</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations" title="Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations">Rhode Island</a> 1636–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert%27s_Land" title="Rupert's Land">Rupert's Land</a> 1670–1870</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands">Saint Croix</a> 1625–1650</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts" title="Saint Kitts">Saint Kitts</a> 1623–1983</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="History of Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> 1882–1983</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/British_Saint_Lucia" class="mw-redirect" title="British Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> 1605–1979</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="History of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> 1627–1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saybrook_Colony" title="Saybrook Colony">Saybrook</a> 1635–1644</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina" title="Province of South Carolina">South Carolina</a> 1712–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stickeen_Territories" title="Stickeen Territories">Stickeen</a> 1862–1863</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/History_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="History of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a> 1889–1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a> since 1799</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Vancouver_Island" title="Colony of Vancouver Island">Vancouver Island</a> 1849–1866</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a> since 1666</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Virginia</a> 1607–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_West_Florida" title="British West Florida">West Florida</a> 1763–1783</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Indies_Federation" title="West Indies Federation">West Indies Federation</a> 1958–1962 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Indies_Associated_States" title="West Indies Associated States">Associated States</a> 1967–1983</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Jersey" title="West Jersey">West Jersey</a> 1674–1702</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Windward_Islands" title="British Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a> 1833–1960</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template talk:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Oceania" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Oceania</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="font-weight:bold;">18th and 19th centuries</td><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;font-weight:bold;">20th century</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">New South Wales</a> 1788–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">Van Diemen's Land</a>/<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Tasmania" title="Colony of Tasmania">Tasmania</a> 1803–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Islands" title="Auckland Islands">Auckland Islands</a>20 1807–1863</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a>21 1824–1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Queensland" title="Colony of Queensland">Queensland</a> 1824–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swan_River_Colony" title="Swan River Colony">Swan River</a>/<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of Western Australia">Western Australia</a> 1829–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of South Australia">South Australia</a> 1836–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="History of the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a> since 1838</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> 1841–1907</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Australia" title="North Australia">North Australia</a> 1846–1847</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Victoria" title="Colony of Victoria">Victoria</a> 1851–1901</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Fiji" title="Colony of Fiji">Fiji</a> 1874–1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Western_Pacific_Territories" title="British Western Pacific Territories">Western Pacific Territories</a> 1877–1976</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Papua" title="Territory of Papua">Papua</a> 1884–1902</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Rarotonga" title="Kingdom of Rarotonga">Rarotonga</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands_Federation" title="Cook Islands Federation">Cook Islands</a>20 1888–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Islands">Union Islands</a>20 1889–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands" title="Gilbert and Ellice Islands">Gilbert and Ellice Islands</a>22 1892–1979</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/British_Solomon_Islands" title="British Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> 1893–1978</li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <ul><li>†<a href="/wiki/History_of_Tonga" title="History of Tonga">Tonga</a> 1900–1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Niue" title="History of Niue">Niue</a>20 1900–1974</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1901%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Australia (1901–1945)">Australia</a> 1901–1942</li> <li>†*<a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealand" title="Dominion of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> 1907–1947</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Western_Samoa_Trust_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Samoa Trust Territory">Samoa</a> 1914–1962</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/History_of_Nauru" title="History of Nauru">Nauru</a> 1919–1942 and 1945–1968</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>20Now part of the †<a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a></li> <li>21Now †<a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li>22Now †<a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a> and †*<a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="South_America" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">South America</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Providence_Island_colony" title="Providence Island colony">Providence Island</a> 1631–1641</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willoughbyland" class="mw-redirect" title="Willoughbyland">Willoughbyland</a> 1651–1667</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">Saint Andrew and Providence Islands</a>4 1670–1688</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/British_Guiana" title="British Guiana">Guiana</a> 1831–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a>5 since 1833</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a>5 since 1908</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>4Now a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia" title="Departments of Colombia">department</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li>5Occupied by Argentina during the <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a> of April–June 1982.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Antarctica_and_the_South_Atlantic" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Antarctica and the South Atlantic</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a>23 since 1658</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a>23 since 1815</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a>23 since 1816</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a> since 1833</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a> (transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Commonwealth of Australia</a>) 1841–1933</li> <li>†<a href="/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a> (transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a>) 1841–1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a>24 since 1908</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a>25 since 1908</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>23Since 2009 part of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a>; Ascension Island (1922–) and Tristan da Cunha (1938–) were previously dependencies of Saint Helena.</li> <li>24Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1962; overlaps portions of Argentine and Chilean claims, borders not enforced but claim not renounced under the <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Antarctic Treaty">Antarctic Treaty</a>.</li> <li>25Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1985</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow 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<li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Saint-Paul" title="Île Saint-Paul"> Saint Paul Island</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scattered_Islands_in_the_Indian_Ocean" title="Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean">Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bassas_da_India" title="Bassas da India">Bassas da India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_Island" title="Europa Island">Europa Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glorioso_Islands" title="Glorioso Islands">Glorioso Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banc_du_Geyser" title="Banc du Geyser"> Geyser Shoal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Nova_Island" title="Juan de Nova Island">Juan de Nova Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tromelin_Island" title="Tromelin Island">Tromelin Island</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Allen_Vincatassin" title="Allen Vincatassin">Allen Vincatassin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aur%C3%A9lie_Marie-Lisette_Talate" title="Aurélie Marie-Lisette Talate">Aurélie Marie-Lisette Talate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlesia_Alexis" title="Charlesia Alexis">Charlesia Alexis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_Jean" title="Sabrina Jean">Sabrina Jean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia_and_Chagos_Islands_Council" title="Diego Garcia and Chagos Islands Council">Diego Garcia and Chagos Islands Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chagos_Refugee_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Chagos Refugee Group">Chagos Refugee Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Chagos_Support_Association" title="UK Chagos Support Association">UK Chagos Support Association</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legal cases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2000 <a href="/wiki/R_v_Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs,_ex_p_Bancoult_(No_1)" title="R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex p Bancoult (No 1)">Bancoult (No 1)</a> EWHC</li> <li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Bancoult_v._McNamara" title="Bancoult v. McNamara">Bancoult v. McNamara</a> D.C. Cir.</li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/R_v_Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs,_ex_p_Bancoult_(No_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex p Bancoult (No 2)">Bancoult (No 2)</a> UKHL</li> <li>2012 <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Islanders_v_United_Kingdom" title="Chagos Islanders v United Kingdom">Chagos Islanders v UK</a> ECtHR</li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Mauritius_v._United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauritius v. United Kingdom">Mauritius v UK</a> PCA</li> <li>2016 <a href="/wiki/R_(on_the_application_of_Bancoult_(No_2))_v_Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs" title="R (on the application of Bancoult (No 2)) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs">Bancoult (No 2)</a> UKSC</li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/R_(Bancoult)_v_Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs_(No_3)" title="R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 3)">Bancoult (No 3)</a> UKSC</li> <li>2019 <a href="/wiki/Legal_Consequences_of_the_Separation_of_the_Chagos_Archipelago_from_Mauritius_in_1965" title="Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965">Chagos advisory opinion</a> ICJ</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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