Chagos Archipelago

[chah-gohs, -guhs]

noun

1. a group of islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory. About 75 sq. mi. (195 sq. km).

Example Sentences

Some fear they could be prosecuted by Mauritian authorities for supporting UK sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.

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The Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814 and became formally established as an overseas territory after the UK government bought the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965.

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In November 2022, the last government launched a route to British citizenship for the descendants of those born on the Chagos Archipelago.

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In his early-morning order, the judge said: "The defendant shall take no conclusive or legally binding step to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the Chagos Archipelago, to a foreign government or bind itself as to the particular terms of any such transfer."

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The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony.

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