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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.

c/map_enthusiasts · u/garfaagel@sh.itjust.works · 39 points

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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.

![](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/c5f1f5b6-2f35-44db-b0b7-9c84e399dc8f.png)

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u/sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 2 points

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.