Egmont Islands
Egmont Islands is an uninhabited atoll that is one of the few emerged coral atolls that make up the Chagos Archipelago. This small atoll lies less than 10km south of the southwestern rim of the Great Chagos Bank submerged coral reef.- Island
- …is also known as “Six Islands”
- Description: Archipelago in Indian Ocean
Egmont Islands
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Latitude
-6.65443° or 6° 39′ 16″ south
Longitude
71.35028° or 71° 21′ 1″ east
Open location code
6J5H89W2+64
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Egmont Islands” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “atol Egmont”
- Catalan: “Atol Egmont”
- Cebuano: “Egmont Islands”
- Chinese: “埃格蒙特群岛”
- Chinese: “埃格蒙群岛”
- Croatian: “Egmont (atol)”
- Croatian: “Egmont”
- French: “Egmont Islands”
- French: “Egmont Reef”
- French: “Iles Egmont”
- French: “îles Egmont”
- French: “Îles Egmont”
- French: “Récif Egmont”
- French: “Six Iles”
- French: “Six Îles”
- Galician: “Egmont Islands”
- German: “Egmont Islands”
- German: “Egmont-Inseln”
- Greek: “Έγκμοντ Νήσοι”
- Hebrew: “איי אגמונט”
- Japanese: “エグモント諸島”
- Luxembourgish: “Egmont Inselen”
- Luxembourgish: “Egmont Islands”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Egmontiega”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Egmont”
- Russian: “Острова Эгмонт”
- Spanish: “Egmont Islands”
- Spanish: “Islas Egmont”
- Swedish: “Egmont Islands”
- Turkish: “Egmont Adaları”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Egmont”
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