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Diego García is a coral atoll and the largest island in terms of land area, of the Chagos Archipelago. It is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The island is located in the Indian Ocean, about 1,600 km south of the southern coast of India, The closest other countries to Diego Garcia are Sri Lanka and Maldives British Indian Ocean Territory or Chagos Islands 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 (many tiny) having a total land area of 60 square kilometres
Laurens Peninsula
Laurens Peninsula is a rugged peninsula surmounted by several ice-covered peaks. It forms the northwestern part of Heard Island. The name was applied by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) following their survey in 1948. It derives from the existing name (Cape Laurens), applied for the northwestern extremity of this peninsula after the American bark Laurens which, under Captain Franklin F. Smith, visited Heard Island in 1855-56 and assisted in initiating sealing operations there. Click here to see a map of Laurens Peninsula and the northwestern coast of Heard Island.