British Indian Ocean Territory

n. archipelago in the Indian Ocean which is a British overseas territory

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The territory comprises the six atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands.The largest island is Diego Garcia, the site of a joint military facility of the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Background Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. Subsequently, BIOT has consisted only of the six main island groups comprising the Chagos Archipelago. The largest and most southerly of the islands, Diego Garcia, contains a joint UK-US naval support facility. All of the remaining islands are uninhabited. Former agricultural workers, earlier residents in the islands, were relocated primarily to Mauritius but also to the Seychelles, between 1967 and 1973. In 2000, a British High Court ruling invalidated the local immigration order that had excluded them from the archipelago, but upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia. Map of British Indian Ocean Territory More about British Indian Ocean Territory: Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues

Chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)

Head of government: Commissioner Leigh TURNER (since July 2006); Administrator Tony HUMPHRIES (since February 2005); note - both reside in the UK and are represented by the officer commanding British Forces on Diego Garcia

Cabinet: NA

Elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; commissioner and administrator appointed by the monarch
  

Dutch: Brits gebied in de Ind. Oceaan

French: Terr. brit. de l'océan Indien

german: Britisches Gebiet im Ind. Ozean