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British Indian Ocean Territories
Last modified: 1997-11-13 by herman de wael
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by Johann Eisenreich and Herman De Wael - 1997-11-12
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Description of the Territory
British dependency, with an important U.S. military base. Is formed by the
Chagos Islands (Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, etc...) in the middle of the
Indian Ocean.
Jaume Olle - 1996-06-09
The territory was established on 8-NOV-1965 by the amalgamation of the Aldabra,
Farquhar and Desroches islands (formerly part of the Seychelles) and the
Chagos Archipelago (formerly from Mauritius. On 29-JUN-1976 the former
Seychelles islands were retroceded to the Seychelles and were called there
the 'ZIL ELOIGNE SESEL'.
Herman De Wael - 1997-05-24
Description of the flag
There is a flag, only used by the Commissioner.It has got wavy line of blue and white instead of the blue background of the Blue Ensign, the Union Jack in the canton, and a palm tree with a crown in the fly. Curiously,this flag, as it appears in my Crampton's Observers Book of Flags [cra90], has the proportions of 2:3 instead of 1:2.
Pascal Vagnat - 1996-03-01