British Indian Ocean Territory

Formerly administered as part of the British Crown Colony of Mauritius, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) was established as an overseas territory of the UK in 1965. A number of the islands of the territory were later transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976.

Environment

The wildlife and environment of the British Indian Ocean Territory are exceptional. The Territory has the greatest marine biodiversity in the UK and its Overseas Territories, as well as some of the cleanest seas and healthiest reef systems in the world which are protected by the largest no-take Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Indian Ocean.

British Indian Ocean Territory

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square

英属印度洋领地

英属印度洋领地（英语：British Indian Ocean Territory）是在 印度洋 中部的 英国海外领地,位于 马尔代夫 南方。 构成 包含岛屿、 礁盘 、 暗沙 等,其中岛屿总称 查戈斯群岛 （Chagos Archipelago）,总数达2300个大大小小的热带岛屿,总 土地面积 约60平方公里。

British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT)

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an overseas dependent territory of the United Kingdom that was established in 1965. The BIOT is comprised of six main island groups called the Chagos Archipelago.

英屬印度洋領地

6°00′S 71°30′E / 6.000°S 71.500°E 英屬印度洋領地（英語：British Indian Ocean Territory,縮寫為BIOT）是英國在印度洋的海外領土,包含查戈斯群岛的2300個大大小小的熱帶島嶼,總土地面積約60平方公里。 整個屬地位於馬爾地夫南方,介乎非洲東岸與印尼的中間,約在南緯6度及東

B.I.O.T.

The Coat of Arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory was granted in 1990 on the 25th anniversary of the territory''s establishment. The centrepiece of the arms, the shield, bears a palm tree and St. Edward''s Crown on a base of three white wavy lines representing the ocean, a sun in splendour in the upper-left corner, and the Union Flag in

British Indian Ocean Territory

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The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands, many very small, amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square miles). The largest and most southerly island is