Peros Banhos

Peros Banhos, Pedro dos Banhos or Baixos de Pêro dos Banhos in old maps, is an inhabited atoll in the . It had been uninhabited from the expulsion of the Chagossians in 1971 until a group of four Chagossians returned to establish a settlement in 2026 on the .
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Atoll
  • Description: archipelago in the Chagos Islands
  • Also known as: Peros Banhos Island

Peros Banhos

Latitude
-5.33249° or 5° 19′ 57″ south
Longitude
71.8502° or 71° 51′ 1″ east
Open location code
6J6HMV92+23
Geo­Names ID
1282532
Wiki­data ID
Q639185
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Peros Banhos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بيروس بانهوس
  • Catalan: Peros Banhos
  • Cebuano: Peros Banhos
  • Chinese: 佩罗斯巴尼奥斯
  • Chinese: 佩罗斯班霍斯
  • Chinese: 佩魯斯巴紐斯島
  • Chinese: 佩鲁斯巴纽斯
  • Chinese: 佩鲁斯巴纽斯岛
  • Chinese: 佩鲁斯巴纽斯环礁
  • Croatian: Peros Banhos
  • Dutch: Peros Banhos
  • French: baie de Peros Banhos
  • French: Peros Banhos Atoll Strict Nature Reserve
  • French: Peros Banhos
  • French: réserve naturelle stricte de l’atoll Peros Banhos
  • Galician: Peros Banhos
  • German: Peros Banhos
  • Greek: Πέρος Μπάνιος
  • Italian: Pero Banhos
  • Japanese: ペロス・バンホス環礁
  • Japanese: ペロスバンホス島
  • Luxembourgish: Peros Banhos
  • Portuguese: Peros Banhos
  • Spanish: Peros Banhos
  • Swedish: Peros Banhos
  • Turkish: Peros Banhos
  • Peros Banhos

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