NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Danger Island

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. Danger Island may refer to: Danger Island, an island in the Indian Ocean Danger Island (TV series), 1968 live-action adventure serial produced by Hanna-Barbera Danger Island (serial), a 1931 Universal film serial Dangar Island, an island in New South Wales. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Great Chagos Bank, in the Chagos Archipelago, about 500 km South of the Maldives, is the largest atoll structure in the world, with a total area of roughly 13 000 km2. ... Portion of a Pacific atoll showing two islets on the ribbon or barrier reef separated by a deep pass between the ocean and the lagoon. ... // The Chagos Archipelago. ...

This is a long and flat island, covered with tall coconut trees. Its name probably derives from the lack of a safe anchorage, which rendered every visit to this island dangerous for the ship and crew.

There was never a permanent settlement on Danger Island, even at the time that the Chagos were inhabited (between mid 18th and mid 20th century). However, occasionally plantation workers from other islands would be brought to this island to collect coconuts.

See also Great Chagos Bank The Great Chagos Bank, in the Chagos Archipelago, about 500 km South of the Maldives, is the largest atoll structure in the world, with a total area of roughly 13 000 km2. ...

Categories: Chagos Archipelago | Indian Ocean atolls | Nature reserves | East Africa geography stubs // The Chagos Archipelago. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_british_indian_ocean_territory. ... Portion of a Pacific atoll showing two islets on the ribbon or barrier reef separated by a deep pass between the ocean and the lagoon. ... Diego Garcia ( ) is an atoll located in the heart of the Indian Ocean, some 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of Indias southern coast. ... The Egmont Islands (Six Iles) are one of the six coral atolls that make up the Chagos Archipelago. ... Peros Banhos is a group of thirty-five main islands in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory, forming a circular coral reef. ... The Salomon Islands, an atoll of the British Indian Ocean Territory, are located in the Northeast of the Chagos Archipelago. ... The Great Chagos Bank, in the Chagos Archipelago, about 500 km South of the Maldives, is the largest atoll structure in the world, with a total area of roughly 13 000 km2. ... Blenheim Reef is a steep-to, largely submerged coral atoll in the northeastern part of the Chagos Archipelago, at 5Â°12S, 072Â°28E. It measures almost eleven kilometres (Northâ€“South) by more than four kilometres (Eastâ€“West), with a total area of almost 30 square kilometres, including the... Portion of a Pacific atoll showing two islets on the ribbon or barrier reef separated by a deep pass between the ocean and the lagoon. ... Speakers Bank is an Atoll in the Chagos Archipelago, it includes several tiny islets but only one main island that may have been inhabited earlier this century. ... 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. ... Benares Shoals are a group of islets and cays that make up a submerged atoll in the Chagos Archipelago. ... Victory Bank is an atoll structure in the Chagos Archipelago that is mostly submerged, except for the odd islet or cay. ... Cauvin Bank is an atoll structure in the Chagos Archipelago. ... Pitt Bank is an atoll structure with a few remaining cays in the Chagos Archipelago. ... Ganges Bank is part of the Chagos Archipelago, located southwest of Diego Garcia. ... Wight Bank is an atoll in the southern part of the Chagos Archipelago. ... Centurion Bank is a lergely submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. ... Owen Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Chagos Archipelago. ...