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List of islands in the Chagos Archipelago

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The following is a list of islands in the Chagos Archipelago. The Chagos Archipelago is a group of seven atolls comprising 58 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, situated some 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archipelago. The archipelago is a British Indian Ocean Territory.

Speakers Bank

Blenheim Reef

  • Ile du Nord
  • Ile du Milieu
  • Ile de l'Est
  • Ile du Sud

Peros Banhos

Southwest rim (between southern channel and Passe de l'Île Poule)

  • Île Fouquet
  • Mapou de l'Île du Coin
  • Île du Coin
  • Île Anglaise
  • Île Monpâtre
  • Île Gabrielle
  • Île Poule

Northwest rim (between Passe de l'Île Poule and Moresby Channel)

  • Petite Soeur
  • Grande Soeur
  • Île Finon
  • Île Verte
  • Île Libbon
  • Île Manon
  • Île Pierre
  • Île Diable
  • Petite Île Mapou
  • Grande Île Mapou
  • Île Diamant

Eastern part (east of southern channel and Moresby Channel)

Passe de l'Île Poule is also called Passe Elisabeth on older maps.

Salomon Islands

  • Île de la Passe
  • Île Mapou
  • Île Takamaka
  • Île Fouquet
  • Île Sepulture
  • Île Jacobin
  • Île du Sel
  • Île Poule
  • Île Boddam
  • Île Diable
  • Île Anglaise

Great Chagos Bank

  • Danger Island
  • Eagle Islands
    • Île Aigle (Eagle Island)
    • Sea Cow Island (Île Vache Marines)
  • Three Brothers (Trois Fréres)
    • South Brother Island (Île du Sud)
    • Middle Brother Island (Île du Milieu)
    • North Brother Island (Île du Nord)
    • Resurgent
  • Nelsons Island: 2 km (1.2 mi) long from east to west.

Diego Garcia

Egmont Islands

  • Île Sud-Est
  • Île Takamaka
  • Île Carre Pate
  • Île Lubine
  • Île Cipaye
  • Île aux Rats
Atolls of the Chagos Archipelago
Atolls with land area
Totally submerged
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