Chagos Archipelago

The Chagos Archipelago or Chagos Islands is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres south of the archipelago.
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Latitude
-6.05589° or 6° 3′ 21″ south
Longitude
72.04834° or 72° 2′ 54″ east
Open location code
6J5JW2VX+J8
Geo­Names ID
1281792
Wiki­data ID
Q192188

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Chagos Archipelago” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Chagos-argipel”
  • Arabic: “أرخبيل تشاغوس”
  • Armenian: “Չագոս կղզեխումբ”
  • Armenian: “Չագոս”
  • Asturian: “Archipiélagu de Chagos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çaqos arxipelaqı”
  • Basque: “Txagos uhartedia”
  • Belarusian: “Архіпелаг Чагас”
  • Belarusian: “Архіпэляг Чагас”
  • Belarusian: “Чагас”
  • Bosnian: “Chagos”
  • Breton: “Chagos”
  • Breton: “Inizi Chagos”
  • Breton: “Inizi Tchagos”
  • Breton: “Tchagos”
  • Bulgarian: “Чагос”
  • Catalan: “Arxipèlag de les Txagos”
  • Catalan: “Chagos”
  • Catalan: “Illes Chagos”
  • Catalan: “Illes de l’Oli”
  • Cebuano: “Chagos Archipelago”
  • Chinese: “查哥斯群岛”
  • Chinese: “查戈斯群岛”
  • Chinese: “查戈斯群島”
  • Croatian: “Chagos”
  • Croatian: “Otoci Chagos”
  • Czech: “Čagos”
  • Czech: “Čagoské ostrovy”
  • Czech: “Chagos”
  • Danish: “Chagosøerne”
  • Dhivehi: “ފޭހަންދީބު”
  • Dhivehi: “ފޯޅަވަހި”
  • Dutch: “Chagos-archipel”
  • Dutch: “Chagoseilanden”
  • Dutch: “Tsjagos Eilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉagos-Arkipelago”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉagosoj”
  • Esperanto: “Chagos”
  • Estonian: “Chagos”
  • Estonian: “Chagose saared”
  • Finnish: “Chagossaaret”
  • French: “Archipel de Chagos”
  • French: “Archipel des Chagos”
  • French: “Archipel des Tchagos”
  • French: “Chagos Archipelago”
  • French: “Chagos”
  • French: “Feyhandheebu”
  • French: “Îles Chagos”
  • French: “Îles de l’Huile”
  • French: “Îles des Tchagos”
  • French: “Îles Tchagos”
  • French: “Oil Islands”
  • French: “Paeikaana Theevukal”
  • French: “Phehandweep”
  • French: “Tchagos Archipelago”
  • French: “Tchagos Islands”
  • French: “Tchagos”
  • French: “फेहंद्वीप”
  • Galician: “Arquipélago Chagos”
  • Georgian: “ჩაგოსი”
  • German: “Chagos-Archipel”
  • German: “Chagos-Inseln”
  • German: “Chagos”
  • German: “Tschagos-Archipel”
  • German: “Tschagos-Inseln”
  • German: “Tschagos”
  • Goan Konkani: “Xagos zunve”
  • Greek: “Αρχιπέλαγος Τσάγκος”
  • Greek: “Τσάγκος Αρχιπέλαγος”
  • Hebrew: “ארכיפלג צ’גוס”
  • Hindi: “चागोस द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “छागोस द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “फेहंद्वीप”
  • Icelandic: “Chagoseyjar”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Chagos”
  • Irish: “Oileánra Chagos”
  • Italian: “Arcipelago delle Chagos”
  • Italian: “Chagos”
  • Italian: “Isole Chagos”
  • Japanese: “チャゴス諸島”
  • Korean: “차고스 제도”
  • Latvian: “Čagosu arhipelāgs”
  • Lithuanian: “Čagosas”
  • Lithuanian: “Čagoso salynas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Chagos Inselen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Chagos-Archipel”
  • Macedonian: “Чагос”
  • Mazanderani: “چاگوس”
  • Mongolian: “Чагос олтриг”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bassas de Chagas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chagos øyene”
  • Norwegian: “Chagosøyene”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Archipèla de Chagas”
  • Persian: “جزایر چاگوس”
  • Persian: “مجمع‌الجزایر چاگوس”
  • Persian: “مجمع‌الجزایر شاگوس”
  • Polish: “Czagos”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Czagos”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago Chagos”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago de Chagos”
  • Portuguese: “Bassas de Chagas”
  • Portuguese: “Chagos”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Chagos”
  • Portuguese: “Oil Islands”
  • Romanian: “Arhipelagul Chagos”
  • Russian: “Архипелаг Чагос”
  • Russian: “Чагос”
  • Scots: “Chagos Airchipelago”
  • Serbian: “Arhipelag Čagos”
  • Serbian: “Архипелаг Чагос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chagos”
  • Slovak: “Čagoské ostrovy”
  • Slovak: “Chagos Archipelago”
  • Slovenian: “Čagoško otočje”
  • Slovenian: “otočje Chagos”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago Chagos”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago de Chagos”
  • Spanish: “Islas Chagos”
  • Spanish: “Islas del Aceite”
  • Swedish: “Chagos Archipelago”
  • Swedish: “Chagos Islands”
  • Swedish: “Chagosöarna”
  • Tamil: “சாகோஸ் தீவுக்கூட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “பேகான தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Чагос архипелагы”
  • Telugu: “చాగోస్ ద్వీపసమూహం”
  • Thai: “กลุ่มเกาะชากอส”
  • Turkish: “Chagos Takımadaları”
  • Turkish: “Chagos”
  • Ukrainian: “Архіпелаг Чагос”
  • Ukrainian: “Архіпелаг Чаґос”
  • Ukrainian: “Чагос”
  • Urdu: “جزائر چاگوس”
  • Urdu: “چاگوس مجمع الجزائر”
  • Uzbek: “Chagos arxipelagi”
  • Vietnamese: “Chagos”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Chagos”
  • Welsh: “Ynysfor Chagos”
  • Welsh: “Ynysfor y Chagos”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Chagos”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd y Chagos”
  • Western Panjabi: “چاگوس جزیرے”
  • Wu Chinese: “查戈斯群岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “查戈斯群島”

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