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    The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia...
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    The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is similar to the flags of other British dependencies and colonies as it has the Union Flag in the...
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    The British Indian Ocean Territory (abbreviated as BIOT) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is administered by a Commissioner, located...
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    for the British Indian Ocean Territory is the head of government in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Commissioner...
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  • British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories (BFBIOT) is the name for the British Armed Forces Permanent Joint Operating Base (PJOB) on Diego Garcia...
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    The British Indian Ocean Territory Police serve in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) (situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and...
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  • Numbers (NSN): seven digits The group of islands forming the British Indian Ocean Territory does not use area codes. This region includes the Chagos Archipelago...
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    The coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory was granted in 1990 on the 25th anniversary of the territory's establishment. The centrepiece of...
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    The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an archipelago of 55 islands in the Indian Ocean, located south of India. It is situated approximately halfway...
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    (which host only officials and research station staff) and the British Indian Ocean Territory (used as a military base). Permanent residency for the approximately...
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  • (Keeling) Islands British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Indian Territory, a historical territory in the United...
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    Antarctica.  British Indian Ocean Territory – Visitors must obtain a valid permit before travelling. Permits are issued by British Indian Ocean Territory Administration...
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  • territories in the Indian Ocean consists of 38 countries, with 13 in Africa, 22 in Asia, and 1 in Oceania that either border on or are in the Indian Ocean...
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    The COVID-19 pandemic in the British Indian Ocean Territory is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by...
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  • This is a list of airports in the British Indian Ocean Territory. List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies List of airports...
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    and isolated island in the Indian Ocean. The island is in the Chagos Archipelago, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. United States forces have...
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  • Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory is not permitted under the domestic law of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), in line with...
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  • The geology of the British Indian Ocean Territory comprises the Chagos Archipelago — the above water portion of the Chagos Bank. Formed from hotspot volcanism...
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    Mauritius had decided to begin negotiations on sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory, taking into account the recent international legal proceedings...
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    settlement on the east of the atoll of Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. It was the largest civilian settlement in the archipelago,...
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  • abandoned populated place on the atoll of Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 07°22′28″S 072°28′53″E / 7.37444°S...
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  • The British Indian Ocean Territory, sometimes known as the Chagos Archipelago has had many threats of occupation by various groups, especially since the...
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    the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a group of around a hundred Chagossians were permitted to visit the British Indian Ocean Territory for the...
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    Scottish-based North Star Shipping for patrol duties around the British Indian Ocean Territory. However, she is not in commission with the Royal Navy. In December...
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  • blackmail. The British Antarctic Territory is uninhabited except for research personnel. The islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory are uninhabited...
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  • Same-sex marriage has been legal in the British Indian Ocean Territory since 3 June 2014. An Order in Council to legalise same-sex marriages was enacted...
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    Eisenwurzen Parts of Diego Garcia and other islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory are protected as strict nature reserves. Officially created...
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    Stirling naval base in Perth, and the airfield on the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean. There are approximately 2,500 U.S. service members in Iraq, spread across...
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    qualifying territories for the purposes of the 2002 Act include the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and the British Antarctic Territory. At the time...
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    are maintained at Ascension Island, Bahrain, Belize, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar...
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