ÃŽle Yeye
ÃŽle Yeye is an island of the Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory. It is the island of the Chagos that is closest to the Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, Þ‹Þ¨ÞˆÞ¬Þ€Þ¨ÞƒÞ§Þ‡Þ°Þ–Þ¬, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, Þ‹Þ¨ÞˆÞ¬Þ€Þ¨ÞƒÞ§Þ‡Þ°Þ–Þ­ÞŽÞ¬ Þ–ÞªÞ‰Þ°Þ€Þ«ÞƒÞ¨Þ‡Þ°Þ”Þ§, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag .... The island is located within the Peros Banhos Atoll Strict Nature Reserve. References Chagos Archipelago {{BritishIndianOcean-geo-stub ...
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Peros is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Nick Peros (born 1963), Canadian classical composer * Steven Peros, American playwright, screenwriter, director and television writer See also *Pero (name) Pero is a masculine given name. In South Slavic usage ( sr-Cyrl, Перо) it is a diminutive form of the name Petar. In Portuguese, it's spelled Pêro. Notable people with the given name include: * Pêro de Alenquer, 15th century Portuguese expl ...

Peros Banhos
Peros Banhos, Pedro dos Banhos or Baixos de Pêro dos Banhos in old maps, is a formerly inhabited atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory, also claimed by Mauritius. ÃŽle Yeye, located at the northeastern corner of the atoll, is the island of the Chagos Archipelago that is closest to the Maldives. Geography The atoll has a total area of , but a land area of only , made up by some 32 islets. , most of the remaining surface, is occupied by the lagoon, which is connected to the open sea, and the reef flat. Peros Banhos is a medium-sized coralline atoll circled by a regular coral reef, similar to those in the neighboring Maldives. The diameter of the lagoon, known as ''Baie de Peros Banhos'' in French, is just above 20 km. The circling reef is sunken on its southeastern rim. All islands are flat and sandy and the largest ones are covered with coconut trees. The largest and most important island in the group is ÃŽle du Coin. It was home to the ...
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Chagos Archipelago
The Chagos Archipelago () or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archipelago. This chain of islands is the southernmost archipelago of the Chagos–Laccadive Ridge, a long submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean. In its north are the Salomon Islands, Nelson's Island and Peros Banhos; towards its south-west are the Three Brothers, Eagle, Egmont and Danger Island(s); southeast of these is Diego Garcia, by far the largest island. All are low-lying atolls, save for a few extremely small instances, set around lagoons. The Chagos Islands had been home to the native Chagossians, a Bourbonnais Creole-speaking people, until the United Kingdom expelled them from the archipelago at the request of the United States between 1967 and 1973 to allow the United States to build a military base on Diego Garcia. Since 197 ...
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British Indian Ocean Territory
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islandsmany very smallamounting to a total land area of . The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, , the site of a Joint Military Facility of the United Kingdom and the United States. The only inhabitants are British and United States military personnel, and associated contractors, who collectively number around 3,000 (2018 figures). The forced removal of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago occurred between 1968 and 1973. The Chagossians, then numbering about 2,000 people, were expelled by the UK government to Mauritius and Seychelles in order to construct the military base. Today, the exiled Chagossians are still trying to return, saying that the forced expulsion and dispossession was unlawful, but the ...
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Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, Þ‹Þ¨ÞˆÞ¬Þ€Þ¨ÞƒÞ§Þ‡Þ°Þ–Þ¬, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, Þ‹Þ¨ÞˆÞ¬Þ€Þ¨ÞƒÞ§Þ‡Þ°Þ–Þ­ÞŽÞ¬ Þ–ÞªÞ‰Þ°Þ€Þ«ÞƒÞ¨Þ‡Þ°Þ”Þ§, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelagic state located in South Asia, situated in the Indian Ocean. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about from the Asian continent's mainland. The chain of atolls of the Maldives, 26 atolls stretches across the equator from Atolls of the Maldives#Ihavandhippolhu, Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to Addu Atoll in the south. Comprising a territory spanning roughly including the sea, land area of all the islands comprises , Maldives is one of the world's most geographically dispersed sovereign states and the List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia, smallest Asian country as well as one of the smallest Muslim countries, Muslim-majority countries by land area and, with around 557,751 inhabitants, the 2nd List of Asian ...
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