Diego Garcia Atoll
| island, British oversea territory
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island, atoll, British oversea territory
Diego Garcia is a tropical, footprint-shaped coral atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. It is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory
The atoll is home to a British military base which the British government allows the US military to occupy. The atoll has no permanent indigenous residents and is generally home to 3000 to 5000 US and British military personnel at any given time.
The atoll is home to a British military base which the British government allows the US military to occupy. The atoll has no permanent indigenous residents and is generally home to 3000 to 5000 US and British military personnel at any given time.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 7°20'18"S 72°25'27"E
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- Peros Banos Atoll 246 km
- Speakers Bank 291 km
- Mauritius Island 2154 km
- Providence Atoll 2373 km
- Réunion 2388 km
- Île Sainte-Marie 2670 km
- Nosy Be 2733 km
- Mayotte (Grande-Terre) 3058 km
- Madagascar 3241 km
- Camp Thunder Cove 2.6 km
- East Apron 2.7 km
- Runway 13/31 3.2 km
- Diego Garcia Airport 3.4 km
- East Point Plantation Nature Reserve 5.7 km
- Fuel tank farm 6 km
- Diego Garcia Anchorage 6.6 km
- Contractor's Village 7.3 km
- Diego Garcia Global 11 km
- South Brother Island 163 km