Diego Garcia

Diego Garcia is the largest island of the . It has been used as a joint UK–U.S. military base since the 1970s, following the expulsion of the Chagossians by the UK government.
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  • Atoll
  • …has about 4,240 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code NKW
  • Description: Chagos atoll in the Indian Ocean

Places of Interest

Highlights include Minni Minni Lighthouse.
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is situated 3 km southeast of Diego Garcia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camp Thunder Cove.
, formerly Camp Justice is a United… is situated 2½ km west of Diego Garcia.

Diego Garcia

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Latitude
-7.31264° or 7° 18′ 46″ south
Longitude
72.45161° or 72° 27′ 6″ east
UN/LOCODE
IO DGA
Open location code
6J4JMFP2+WJ
Geo­Names ID
1282575
Wiki­data ID
Q184851

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Diego Garcia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Diego Garcia”
  • Albanian: “Diego Garsia”
  • Arabic: “دييجو جارسيا”
  • Arabic: “دييجو غارسيا”
  • Arabic: “دييغو جارسيا”
  • Arabic: “دييغو غارسيا”
  • Arabic: “قاعدة دييغو غارسيا”
  • Armenian: “Դիեգո-Գարսիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dieqo-Qarsia”
  • Basque: “Diego García (uhartea)”
  • Basque: “Diego García”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Дыега-Гарсія”
  • Belarusian: “Дыега-Гарсія”
  • Bengali: “দিয়েগো গার্সিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Bulgarian: “Диего Гарсия”
  • Catalan: “Diego Garcia”
  • Cebuano: “Diego Garcia”
  • Cebuano: “puloʼ sa Diego García”
  • Chinese: “迪亚哥加西亚岛”
  • Chinese: “迪亞哥加西亞”
  • Chinese: “迪亞哥加西亞島”
  • Chinese: “迪亞哥嘉西亞”
  • Chinese: “迪戈加西亚岛”
  • Chinese: “迪戈加西亞島”
  • Croatian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Czech: “Diego García”
  • Danish: “Diego Garcia”
  • Dutch: “DG”
  • Dutch: “Diego Garcia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دييجو جارسيا”
  • Esperanto: “Diego Garcia”
  • Estonian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Finnish: “Diego Garcia”
  • French: “Diego Garcia”
  • Galician: “Atol Diego García”
  • Galician: “Diego García”
  • Georgian: “დიეგო გარსია”
  • German: “Diego Garcia”
  • Greek: “Ντιέγκο Γκαρσία”
  • Gujarati: “ડીયેગો ગાર્સીયા”
  • Hebrew: “דייגו גארסיה”
  • Hebrew: “דייגו גרסיה”
  • Hindi: “डिएगो गार्सिया”
  • Hungarian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Icelandic: “Díego Garcia”
  • Indonesian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Irish: “Diego Garcia”
  • Italian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Japanese: “ディエゴガルシア”
  • Japanese: “ディエゴガルシア島”
  • Kannada: “ಡೈಗೋ ಗಾರ್ಸಿಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Диего-Гарсия”
  • Korean: “디에고 가르시아 섬”
  • Lao: “ດີເອໂກ ກາເຊຍ”
  • Latvian: “Djego Garsija”
  • Latvian: “Djego Garsijas atols”
  • Lithuanian: “Diego Garsija”
  • Macedonian: “Диего Гарсија”
  • Malay: “Diego Garcia”
  • Malayalam: “Diego Garcia”
  • Malayalam: “ഡീഗോ ഗാർഷിയ”
  • Marathi: “डियेगो गार्सिया”
  • Marathi: “दियेगो गार्सिया”
  • Mazanderani: “دیگو گارسیا”
  • Mongolian: “Диего Гарсиа”
  • Nepali: “डिएगो गार्सिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Diego Garcia”
  • Norwegian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Panjabi: “ਡਿਏਗੋ ਗਾਰਸੀਆ”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ دیگو گارسیا”
  • Persian: “جزیره دیه‌گو گارسیا”
  • Persian: “دیگو گارسیا”
  • Persian: “دیه‌گو گارسیا”
  • Polish: “Diego Garcia”
  • Portuguese: “Diego Garcia”
  • Romanian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Russian: “Диего-Гарсия”
  • Russian: “Остров Диего-Гарсия”
  • Scots: “Diego Garcia”
  • Serbian: “Dijego Garsija”
  • Serbian: “Дијего Гарсија”
  • Serbian: “Острво Дијего Гарсија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dijego Garsija”
  • Shan: “တီႇယေးၵူဝ်း ၵရႃႇသီးယႃး”
  • Sinhala: “දියාගෝ ගාර්සියා”
  • Slovak: “Diego Garcia”
  • Slovenian: “Diego Garcia”
  • Spanish: “Atolón de Diego García”
  • Spanish: “Diego García”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Diego García”
  • Spanish: “Isla Diego García”
  • Swahili: “Diego Garcia”
  • Swedish: “Diego Garcia”
  • Tagalog: “Diego Garcia”
  • Tajik: “Диего-Гарсия”
  • Tamil: “டியேகோ கார்ஸியா”
  • Tamil: “தியேகோ கார்சியா”
  • Telugu: “డిగో గార్సియా”
  • Telugu: “డియెగో గార్సియా”
  • Thai: “ดีเอโกการ์ซีอา”
  • Turkish: “Diego Garcia”
  • Turkmen: “Diego-Garsiýa”
  • Ukrainian: “Дієго-Гарсія”
  • Urdu: “ڈیاگو گارسیا”
  • Urdu: “ڈیگو گارسیا”
  • Urdu: “ڈیگو گارشیا”
  • Uzbek: “Diyego-Garsiya”
  • Vietnamese: “Diego Garcia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Diego Garcia”
  • Welsh: “Diego Garcia”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈِئیگو گارسیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈیگو گارشیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “迪戈加西亚岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “迪亞哥加斯亞島”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Minni Minni and East Point Settlement.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Elder Rock and Marianne Point.

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