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Map of the Chagos Archipelago, constituting the British Indian Ocean Territory. UK has just announced that it will hand over sovereignty to the islands to Mauritius. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Source on UK ceding the islands to Mauritius

Wikipedia article on Chagos Archipelago

Another map displaying the main islands zoomed in.

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

I've always wanted to visit, but from the footage I've seen it would probably be pretty depressing. Not so depressing once the Chagos people are allowed back though.