Indian Ocean atolls Indian Ocean atolls Aldabra is a raised coral atoll in the Indian Ocean virtually untouched by humans, with distinctive island fauna, including the Aldabra Giant Tortoise. The atoll is home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises, numbering some 152,000 individuals. The islands are designated a World Heritage Site. They are also known for their green turtles, hawksbill turtles, and birds, including the white-throated rail. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aldabra"
Alif Alif Atoll is an atoll from the Maldives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alif Alif Atoll"
Alif Dhaal Atoll is an atoll from the Maldives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alif Dhaal Atoll"
The Alphonse Group is an atoll in the Seychelles with three islets and fewer than 300 inhabitants. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alphonse Atoll"
The Amirante Islands, a group of coral islands and atolls, belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. They stretch about 155 km from the African Banks Atoll in the North to Desnoeufs Island in the South, all on the shallow Amirantes Plateau (mostly depths of less than 10 m), expect the main island of Desroches, which is about 36 km to the East. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amirante Islands"
Baa Atoll is an atoll from the Maldives. This administrative atoll consists of three separate natural atolls. The uninhabited island of Olhugiri is the southernmost island of the atoll. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baa Atoll"
Benares Shoals (or Benares Shoal) is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at , just 6 km West-North-West of Île Pierre of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. The size is about 3 km East-West, with a width of about 700 meters. The least depth at the western end is 4.5 meters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Benares Shoals"
Blenheim Reef is a steep-to, largely submerged coral atoll in the northeastern part of the Chagos Archipelago, at 5°12'S, 072°28'E. It measures almost eleven kilometres (North–South) by more than four kilometres (East–West), with a total area of almost 30 square kilometres, including the lagoon. Only on the Eastern side, there are a few sand cays above the water. The largest of them is East Island, which is not quite 200 meters long and 70 meters wide. The other islands in the group are North and Middle. Only a few grasses grow on the island. The lagoon is up to 18 metres deep and encumbered with rock. The fringing coral reef has a wide passage in the Southwest. The closest piece of land is Takamaka Island in the Salomon Islands Atoll, about 20 kilometres to the southwest. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blenheim Reef"
Car Nicobar (known as Malacca or Pu in the local language) is the northernmost of the Nicobar Islands, which in turn are the southern part of the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It lies at and has an area of 127 km². Although this is less than 7% of the area of the Nicobar group, in the census of 2001 its population of 29,145 was more than half of the total Nicobar population. There were 16 villages, the largest being Malacca (pop. 4,314). ...more on Wikipedia about "Car Nicobar"
Cauvin Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southern Part Chagos Archipelago at 06°46'S, 0172°22'E, just about 7 km South of the Southeastern corner of the rim of the Great Chagos Bank. It is roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of 4 km, and an area of about 12 km2. There are least depths between 9 and 11 meters in the Northern part of the reef. The closest piece of land the Northernmost part of Diego Garcia atoll, Middle Island, 45 km to the South. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cauvin Bank"
Centurion Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. It is the Southermost feature of the archipelago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Centurion Bank"
The Chagos Archipelago is a group of six atolls with more than 600 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, that lies about 500 km (300 miles) due south of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, and 1600 km (1000 miles) southwest of India, halfway between Africa and Indonesia. They are part of the British Indian Ocean Territory ...more on Wikipedia about "Chagos Archipelago"
Colvocoresses Reef is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Northeast of the Chagos Archipelago, 19 km East of Speakers Bank and 30 km Northeast of Blenheim Reef. It is named after the Portuguese ship that ran aground there in 1790. The least charted depth is 9 meters deep above the reef. Breakers are visible only during heavy seas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colvocoresses Reef"
Danger Island is the westernmost and the southernmost island of the Great Chagos Bank, which is the world's largest coral atoll structure, located in the Chagos Archipelago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Danger Island"
Dhaalu Atoll is one of 26 atolls that are located in the Maldives. Its 56 islands stretch 23km from east to west, and 38km north to south. Eight of the islands are inhabited, with a total population of around 6694. Opened to tourism in 1998, the atoll has become a popular location for SCUBA diving. The capital island is Kudahuvadhoo, located at the atoll's southern tip. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dhaalu Atoll"
Diego Garcia ( ) is a 44 square kilometre (17 square mile) atoll located in the heart of the Indian Ocean, some 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) south of India's southern coast. It is the largest of fifty-two islands which form the Chagos Archipelago. It is a British overseas territory, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). It is used as a military base by the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diego Garcia"
Eagle Islands are a group of two or three islands on the central western rim of the Great Chagos Bank, which is the world's largest coral atoll structure, located in the Chagos Archipelago. With a land area of 2.45 km2, Île Aigle is the largest single island of the Great Chagos Bank, and after Diego Garcia the second largest of the Chagos Archipelago. Though the islands may have been inhabited before British settlements, the population has been wiped out. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eagle Islands"
The Egmont Islands ("Six Iles") are one of the six coral atolls that make up the Chagos Archipelago. The atoll lies less than 10 km South the coral reef of the Southern rim of the Great Chagos Bank. The nearest Island is Danger Island on the Great Chagos Bank, less than 30 km due North. The total size is about 39 km2, including the lagoon and the fringing coral reef. The land area totals about 4 km2. The largest island is "Île Sud-Est" (Eastern Egmont), where the settlement was located, with an area of 1.5 km2. While "Île Lubine" is similar in size, the other islets are smaller. ...more on Wikipedia about "Egmont Islands"
Faafu Atoll is an atoll from the Maldives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Faafu Atoll"
:For other uses of Farquhar, see Farquhar (disambiguation) ...more on Wikipedia about "Farquhar Atoll"
:For other uses of Farquhar, see Farquhar (disambiguation) ...more on Wikipedia about "Farquhar Group"
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Gaafu Alif Atoll is an atoll in the Maldives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaafu Alif Atoll"
Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll is an atoll in the Maldives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll"
Ganges Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ganges Bank"
Gnaviyani Atoll, or Fuvammulah is the smallest atoll in the Maldives, situated in the Equatorial channel between Huvadhu and Addu. It is made up on only one island, that is the largest island in the Maldives and one of the most fertile. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gnaviyani Atoll"
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