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Encyclopedia > List of islands in the Indian Ocean

This is a list of islands in the Indian Ocean.

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Eastern Indian Ocean

(East of India)

Ethnolinguistic map of the precolonial Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands are a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal, and are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India. ... Dirk Hartogs plate in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Dirk Hartog Island, an island off the coast of Western Australia, was discovered in October 1616 by the Dutch sea captain Dirk Hartog, who was blown off course while sailing from Cape Town to Batavia (Jakarta). ... Langkawi is an archipelago of 99 islands in the Andaman Sea, some 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia. ... The Mentawai Islands are a chain of islands off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. ... Mergui Archipelago, located in southernmost part of Myanmar (Burma), comprises over 800 beautiful islands. ... Pulau Nias off of Sumatra, Indonesia Nias (Bahasa Indonesia: Pulau Nias, Nias language: Tanö Niha) is an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ... Map of Nicobar Islands The Nicobar Islands are an island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean, and are part of India. ... State motto: no State motto Capital George Town Governor Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas Chief Minister Koh Tsu Khoon Area 1,056 km2 Population  - Est year 2000 1,225,501 State anthem Pulau Pinang State Anthem Penang (in Malay Pulau Pinang, Jawi:بينانج) is an island on the north... Location of Phi Phi Islands Mahya Beach on Ko Phi Phi Lee The Phi Phi Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี) are located in Thailand, between the larger island of Phuket and the mainland. ... Phuket (Thai ภูเก็ต) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Sumatra; Simeulue is near the left edge in the upper half Outline of Simeulue, with the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake indicated The island and County of Simeulue lies in the Indian Ocean 150 km off the west coast of the province of Aceh on the island of...

Western Indian Ocean

(West of India)

Location map of Diego Garcia Diego Garcia is a 44 square kilometre (17 square mile) atoll located in the heart of the Indian Ocean. ... Lakshadweep is a Union Territory of India. ... Map of Rodrigues Rodrigues (or Rodriguez) is one of the Mascarene Islands and a dependency of Mauritius. ... Map of the Socotra archipelago Socotra or Soqotra (Arabic سقطرة Suquṭrah) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa some 350 km south of the Republic of Yemen, which administers Socotra for the Banu Afrar Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and... Map of Zanzibars main island Zanzibar, Tanzania, comprises a pair of islands off the east coast of Africa called Zanzibar (Unguja) (1994 est. ... This article is about the island. ... Mafia Island (Chole Shamba) is part of the Tanzanian Spice Islands, which consists also of Zanzibar and Pemba. ... Lamu is an island city in Kenya. ...

Southern Indian Ocean

(South of Madagascar)

Île Amsterdam is a sub-Antarctic island discovered by Juan Sebastián de Elcano on March 18, 1522. ... The Crozet Islands (French Îles Crozet) are a sub-antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean, part of the French Southern Territories. ... Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Archipelago is in the southern Indian Ocean at 49°20′ S 70°20′ E. The main island, Grande Terre, originally called Desolation Island, is 6,675 km2 and it is surrounded by another 300 smaller islands and islets, forming an archipelago of 7,215 km². ... hello The Prince Edwards Islands are two small islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean that are politically part of South Africa. ...

See also

This is a list of islands in the world grouped by oceans and by continents. ... This is a list of islands of the Arctic Ocean. ... This is a list of islands in the Atlantic Ocean. ... The Pacific Ocean has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number is unknown. ...

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