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Chagos Archipelago

American  
[chah-gohs, -guhs] / ˈtʃɑ goʊs, -gəs /

noun

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


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

From BBC • May 21, 2025

The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote places on Earth.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2024

The seas surrounding the remote Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, the focus of the study, include areas of nature reserves where fishing is restricted.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2024

The study examined sites around the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, focusing on a small fish known as the jewel damselfish.

From Scientific American • May 12, 2023

Island is in the Chagos Archipelago, on the west end of the great Chagos Bank, Indian Ocean.

From Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various