The Chagos Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, which the GeoNames gazetteer places near 6.06 degrees south and 72.05 degrees east and classes as islands. GeoNames attaches two country codes to it, IO for the British Indian Ocean Territory and MU for Mauritius. It is also known as the Oil Islands, and its French name is Iles Chagos. The same gazetteer also lists Peros Banhos, an atoll of the British Indian Ocean Territory, at about 5.33 degrees south and 71.85 degrees east.
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The Chagos Archipelago (, also UK: ) or Chagos Islands (formerly Bassas de Chagas, and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archipelago.
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Source GeoNames: GeoNames search results for Peros BanhosSearch result rowQuote, Search result row
Peros Banhos,Peros Banhos Island -5.332494 71.8502 British Indian Ocean Territory, atoll(s)
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1. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): CIA World Factbook archive: British Indian Ocean Territory
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography: Area
Geography.Area.land.text: 60 sq km (44 Diego Garcia)
Geography: Location
Geography.Location.text: archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of India, about halfway between Africa and Indonesia
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Chagos Archipelago,Illes Chagos,Oil Islands -6.05589 72.04834 IO,MU islands
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