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Yacht Dream Voyager

Yacht Dream Voyager, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  This yacht Dream Voyager is a “regular” to the BIOT it is a really nice Yacht and we all had our own stateroom with our own bathroom. The yacht had a crew of... 

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The Salomon Islands

The Salomon Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  This is one of the Salomon Islands an atoll is a type of low, coral island found in tropical oceans and consisting of a coral-algal reef surrounding a central... 

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Boddam Island and more Coconut crabs

Boddam Island and more Coconut crabs, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  Coconut crabs grow very slowly and must reach an age of 4-8 years before they can reproduce. An adult may weigh up to 4kg and live for over 30 years. Coconut... 

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nature reserves

nature reserves, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  All of the Chagos Islands are nature reserves. The following islands are strict nature reserves:Great Chagos Bank: The Three Brothers and Resurgent IslandDanger... 

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Palm trees

Palm trees, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  permits needed to visit BIOT?Under the 1966 Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and the United States, the whole Territory is set aside for defence... 

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Blue Skies and Beaches

Blue Skies and Beaches, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  Update 4th of July 2007 28 June - The London High Court last month ruled that the 2,000 expelled islanders must be allow to return I think this is the 4th time... 

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offical flag of the BIOT

offical flag of the BIOT, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:   VIDEO of the History of the People of the British Indian Ocean Territory 

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A grave trip

A grave trip, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  In 2001 The British allow 100 Chagosians or Îlois, to visit their cemetery.Very nice Video from UK TV on the CHAGOS ISLANDERS 

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Meet crabie the coconut crab

Meet crabie the coconut crab, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  This archipelago is roughly 300km south of the THE Maldives it is in fact more than Crabs but also the hime of the crucial US base on the British Indian Ocean... 

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Takamaka Island and the Coconut crabs

Takamaka Island and the Coconut crabs, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  Coconut crabs on these BIOT islands were everywhere once found widely throughout the Indian and Pacific. They have now disappeared over much of their previous... 

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Getting there is the hard part

Getting there is the hard part, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  Spencer Vencatassin, a grandson of one of the last indigenous Ilois to leave the islands, will organise a boat tours to the low-lying atolls from the Maldives.... 

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MaP of Chagos Archipelago

MaP of Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory

 Ekahau Says:  Keep in mind -- The British representative is in charge of customs and immigration. One can only enter Diego Garcia in a "serious emergency". Boats that try to... 

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