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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 800 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHAGOS , a See also:

group of atolls in the See also:Indian Ocean, belonging to See also:Britain, disposed in circular See also:form See also:round the Chagos See also:bank, in 40 44' to 70 39' S., and 700 55' to 72° 52' E. The atolls on the See also:south and See also:east See also:side of the bank, which has a circumference of about 270 m., have disappeared through subsidence; a few—Egmont, Danger, See also:Eagle, and Three Brothers—still remain on the east side, but most of the See also:population (about 700) is centred on Diego See also:Garcia, which lies on the south-east side, and is nearly r3 m. See also:long by 6 m. wide. The See also:lagoon, which is enclosed by two See also:coral barriers and accessible to the largest vessels on the See also:north side, forms one of the finest natural harbours in the See also:world. The group, which has a See also:total See also:land See also:area of 76 sq. m., is dependent for administrative purposes on See also:Mauritius, and is regularly visited by vessels from that See also:colony. The only product is See also:cocoa-See also:nut oil, of which about so6,000 gallons are annually exported. The See also:French occupied the islands in 1791 from Mauritius, and the oil See also:industry (from which the group is sometimes called the Oil Islands) came into the hands of French Creoles.

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