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	Chagos Archipelago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands were discovered by Vasco da Gama in the early sixteenth century, then claimed in the eighteenth century by France as a possession of Mauritius.
		Other uninhabited islands, especially in the Salomon group, are common stopping points for long-distance sailors travelling from Southeast Asia to the Red Sea or the coast of Africa.
		The British Government instituted an investigation into relocating the former islanders to some of the formerly inhabited islands, but concluded that this was impossible due to a lack of fresh water and risk of flooding.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chagos_Islands (658 words)

	Egmont Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Egmont Islands ("Six Iles") are one of the six coral atolls that make up the Chagos Archipelago.
		GPS coordinates of the island are approximately 6 deg 40.5 S, 71 deg 21.3 E (former settlement on Ile Sud-Est).
		The individual islands are all on the Southern rim of the coral reef.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Egmont_Islands (177 words)

	Chagos Archipelago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Chagos Archipelago is a group of 65 main tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, lying 500km south of the Maldives.
		The entire land area of the islands is a mere 63 km², with the largest island, Diego Garcia, having an area of 44 km².
		The British Government instituted an investigation into relocating the former islanders to some of the uninhabited islands, but concluded that this was impossible due to a lack of fresh water.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /c/ch/chagos_archipelago.html (272 words)

	The Falklands War (1982) / La Guerra de Las Malvinas (1982)
		The government of the Falkland Islands administers the British dependent territories of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the Shag and Clerke rocks, lying from 700 to 2,000 miles (1,100 to 3,200 km) to the east and southeast of the Falklands.
		The total population of the islands was estimated at 2100 (in 1991) and 2967 in July 2003.
		The fact that the islands are 100% populated by English speaking "Kelpers" (about 1800 of them then, and over 2300 today), who preferred to remain under British rule according to the falkland islands government official statements, was never mentioned to us.
	www.yendor.com /vanished/falklands-war.html (3069 words)

	The Argentine Seizure Of The Malvinas [Falkland] Islands: History and Diplomacy
		An expedition to the Islands by Lord Chalfont in 1968 soured his hopes for a change of heart by the Islanders and convinced him that they were determined not to give an inch on the sovereignty question.
		Shackleton concluded that the Islands' economy was declining and recommended establishment of new economic ties between Argentina and the Islanders.(13) This opened the door for yet another British diplomat, Ted Rowlands, to negotiate with the Islanders in February 1977.
		This writer concludes that the junta had not planned to recapture the Islands until sometime in the latter part of 1982 and therefore the Davidoff incident was not staged by the junta to provide them with an excuse to initiate the invasion.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1987/CRD.htm (10993 words)

	History of Falkland Islands
		The Falkland Islands were first seen by Davis in the year 1592 and Sir Richard Hawkins sailed along their north shore in 1594.
		Captain Strong sailed through between the two principal islands in 1690, landed upon one of them, and called the passage Falkland Sound, and from this the group afterwards took its English name.
		In 1764, the French explorer De Bougainville took possession of the islands on behalf of his country, and established a colony at Port Louis on Berkeley Sound.
	www.historyofnations.net /southamerica/falklandislands.html (641 words)

	The Mad-Sheep Falkland Islands Site - History Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Colonial Lands and Emigration Commissioners decided that the Islands could be colonised, following which, at age 28, Richard C Moody was appointed Lt Governor and despatched to the Falkland Islands.
		The ship repair trade was one of the earliest industries on the islands and wages were as much as 25s (£1.25) a day in 1854.
		Damaged ships were a common sight as the Islands were on the Cape Horn shipping run, where the weather caused a lot of damage, consequently ships could be kept waiting for months awaiting repairs.
	www.mad-sheep.co.uk /falklands/history.htm (2451 words)

	Chagos Archipelago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Chagos Archipelago is a group of 65 main tropical islands inthe Indian Ocean, lying 500km south of the Maldives.
		The entire land area of the islands is a mere 63 km2, with the largest island, Diego Garcia, having an area of 44 km2.
		There are five other main island groups: Peros Banhos, the Saloman Islands, the Eagle Islands, the Egmont Islands and the Three Brothers.
	www.therfcc.org /chagos-archipelago-58832.html (268 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chagos Islands
		A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
		Peros Banhos is a group of thirty-five main islands in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory, forming a circular coral reef.
		The Salomon Islands, an atoll of the British Indian Ocean Territory, are located in the Northeast of the Chagos Archipelago.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chagos-Islands (1890 words)

	Outdoors: Egmont Key
		This unique barrier island that guards the mouth of Tampa Bay also is a critical nesting area for loggerhead sea turtles and numerous threatened and endangered species of migratory shorebirds.
		Island environments such as Egmont's are particularly vulnerable to outside influences.
		Barrier islands such as Egmont Key are rare, occurring in fewer than 10 percent of the world's coastal waters.
	www.sptimes.com /News/050500/Outdoors/Egmont_Key.shtml (280 words)

	The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		During the past decade, a number of countries have created specialised government agencies as part of their systems for dealing with the problem of money laundering.
		The establishment of the first FIUs in the early 1990s was seen as a series of isolated events related to the specific needs of those jurisdictions which created them.
		An Information Paper prepared by the Egmont Group provides additional details on its work and the function of FIUs.
	www1.oecd.org /fatf/Ctry-orgpages/org-egmont_en.htm (283 words)

	Articles Mar/Apr 03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Located on the Gulf of Mexico between Tampa Bay and Sarasota, the first island in Bradenton's chain of islands is Egmont Key, an uninhabited isle located in the mouth of Tampa Bay.
		The Island is located just off the Bradenton coast and is connected to the mainland by two drawbridges, and to Longboat Key at the northern tip.
		Egmont can only be reached by boat, but the trip is well worth it.
	www.floridatravelusa.com /articlesnew/bradentonmar03p29.html (1156 words)

	Granta: 'Diego Garcia' by Simon Winchester
		On an island which had once harvested its coconut crop to produce coconut oil, there was a long, low brick-built shed known as the coconut calorifier.
		The islands of the archipelago, formally known as the Chagos Islands, were locally known as the Oil Islands—their coconut oil lit the few street lamps of Mauritius and the Seychelles.
		The islands should be handed over, 'fully sanitized' and 'swept' (to use the words found in American papers of the time) and ready for the troops and nuclear submarines and bombers that were going to make the colony their home.
	www.granta.com /extracts/1225 (5403 words)

	Falkland Islands Government
		In 1765 Captain John Byron was dispatched by the British Government to take formal possession of the Islands at Port Egmont on West Falkland, for the "Crown of Great Britain, his heirs and successors." A year earlier a Frenchman had established a settlement on East Falkland at Port Louis.
		However, by 1811 both the Spanish and British had withdrawn on the grounds of economy leaving the Islands to passing whalers and sealers.
		The issue was further complicated when the USA, using the USS "Lexington", declared Vernet a pirate and destroyed Port Louis ensuring that the Islands reverted to an unpopulated state in 1831.
	www.falklands.gov.fk /2a.htm (378 words)

	Falkland Islands Information Web - Fort St. Louis and Port Egmont History
		Their instructions were precise: any lawless person found on the Islands was to leave or take oath of allegiance to the British Crown.
		One of McBride's ships was to remain permanently at Port Egmont, the other was to circumnavigate the Islands, exploring those parts which Byron had not had time to visit, and making a survey of the interior as well as the coast.
		The Argentine government employed American Daniel Jewitt of 'Heroina' to take possession of the Islands and assert Argentine sovereignty against the many sealing and whaling vessels of various nationalities which were using the Islands as a base for their activities.
	www.falklands.info /history/history2.html (1469 words)

	Falkland Islands Info Portal - History Articles
		The squadron sighted the Islands on January 12th 1765, and on the 15th entered a large sheltered anchorage between two islands and the mainland of West Falkland.
		Unlike Byron, he was less than impressed with the Islands yet still found time to add a little humour in his reports to the Admiralty: 'I likewise put a tablespoonful of Elixir of Vitriol in their water every day....
		The Falkland Islands Association is an independent organisation which brings together those who support the continuing freedom of the people of the Falkland Islands.
	www.falklands.info /history/histarticle11.html (1566 words)

	Falkland Islands - Guyana: The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps (Library of Congress)
		This map of the English settlement of Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) includes coastline, coastal features, Spanish and English vessels anchored in harbor, soundings, a battery, a settlement, an (English) watch tower, and pictorial representation of relief; map also includes a keyed legend and note.
		The map was prepared during the initial attempts at settlement of the islands.
		In 1793, British occupiers of Guadeloupe were forced to leave the islands by a superior force of pro-Revolution French under the leadership of Victor Hugues, a radical French commissioner.
	www.loc.gov /rr/geogmap/luso/falkland.html (2761 words)

	The David Channel: Egmont National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Earth Observatory: Egmont National Park, in New Zealand, is dominated by the extinct volcano of Mt. Taranaki.
		Since the area has a high rainfall rate and mild coastal climate there is a lush rainforest covering the foothills, changing to subalpine and alpine shrublands at high elevations, which are in stark contrast to the surrounding pasture farmlands.
		The monument at North Egmont was erected in memory of Arthur Hamilton Ambury and William Edwin Gourlay who died on the mountain on June 3, 1918.
	www.redtailcanyon.com /items/18354.aspx (623 words)

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		He replied that the judgment was not binding on him and that he was the one to decide whether we could be on the island or not.
		He then stated that he had decided that if we did not leave the island in three minutes, we would be prosecuted and liable to pay a fine of £200,000.
		The group of us was shaken up because we enjoy drinking fresh coconut milk and sitting for a couple of hours or so on the islands which after all, are our native lands where we used to have a formidable life and where our parents, grandparents and great grandparents are buried.
	www.zianet.com /tedmorris/dg/bancoult-d3a.html (4808 words)

	The History of a voyage to the Malouine(or Falkland) Islands Made in 1763 and 1764 under the command of M. de ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The History of a voyage to the Malouine(or Falkland) Islands Made in 1763 and 1764 under the command of M. de Bouganville and of two Voyages to the Streights of Magellan with an account of the pat - BOUGANVILLE LOUIS ANTOINE DE.
		France named the islands the Malouines for her ships and men that hailed from St. Malo and Bougainville used that name when he planted the French flag at Port Louis in 1764.
		Commodore Byron of the 'Dolphin' repeated the formalities of claiming the islands for Britain the following year by planting her flag at Port Egmont Falkland Islands.
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/atn/E04C000109.shtml (213 words)

	Falkland Islands - A history of the 1982 conflict
		This timeline traces the history of the Falkland Islands from their discovery to the events leading up to the conflict in 1982.
		1766- A British settlement is established at Port Egmont on Saunders Island.
		In December the USS Lexington attacks Puerto Soledad and proclaims the islands free of all Government.
	www.raf.mod.uk /falklands/linepre1982.html (464 words)

	The Gulf Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Discover Bradenton's West Coast islands and St. Petersburg's beaches where warm tropical breezes caress miles of sugar-white sand and where the shimmering azure of the Gulf of Mexico's waters kiss the tranquil blue Florida skies.
		The first barrier island in the Bradenton area's chain of islands is Egmont Key, an uninhabited island located in the mouth of Tampa Bay.
		From the pristine beaches of unspoiled barrier islands, to the wildlife that abounds on land, sea and air, the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area is truly a natural wonder.
	www.floridatravelusa.com /articlesnew/bradentonmar04p054.html (2441 words)

	Falkland Islands History - Falklands War 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Treaty of Utrecht confirms Spain's continued control of her traditional territories in the Americas, including the offshore islands, but by now the French, many from St. Malo are visiting the islands from which they receive the name Les Iles Malouines, subsequently the Spanish Islas Malvinas.
		British Captain John Byron arrives to survey the north coast, goes ashore on Saunders Island off West Falkland and in turn claims the islands for Britain, naming Port Egmont before sailing away (5).
		Argentina and the United States argue furiously over each other's high-handed behaviour, and next year a new governor is appointed but then murdered by rebellious colonists.
	freespace.virgin.net /gordon.smith4/F13history.htm (875 words)

	Noonsite: Chagos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The largest island, Diego Garcia, has been made available to the United States as a military base and is off limits to yachts.
		The original inhabitants, who lived on the islands for two centuries before being resettled in Mauritius in the 1960s, won the right to go back to all islands except Diego Garcia on November 3 2000 in the High Court in London.
		This appears to be tolerated, although the islands are regularly patrolled and asked to show papers and passports.
	www.noonsite.com /Countries/Chagos (348 words)

	Falkland Islands Info Portal - Chronology
		South Orkney Islands discovered by Captain George Powell who claims them for King George IV The United Provinces of Rio de la Plata grant Frenchman Louis Vernet and partners a concession of land on East Falkland, and appoint Captain Pablo Areguati as military commandant of Puerto Soledad
		Argentina acquires administration of a meterological station in the South Orkney Islands, and claims it as evidence of a transfer of sovereignty throughout all the Falkland Islands Dependencies
		Falkland Islands' Dependencies come to an end with the establishment of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands as a separate British dependent territory;
	www.falklands.info /history/timeline.html (7344 words)

	Roberts girls at Egmont
		My son Peyton is enamored with the two little girls that live next door and we promised them a trip on our boat to one of the local islands, Egmont Key.
		The morning started gathering everything into their van for the drive down to the river where Jennifer (5) sat next to Peyton on the ride down keeping him laughing and squealing the entire way.
		While I kept a close eye (and hand), she took her turn and 'navigated' a straight course to the island doing a fantastic job.
	www.otsysinc.com /GirlsTriptoEgmont.htm (380 words)

	A Chronology of the History of the Falkland Islands
		The sailors gave the islands the name Is Sanson (Abbreviation of the ships name) The ship was part of Fernando de Magallanes expedition and arrived back in Spain on 6th May 1521.
		Presumed to be the first cartografic record of the Falkland Islands on the charts oFalkland Islands on the charts of Piri Reis.
		The British withdraw from the Falkland Islands, leaving behind a flag and plaque claiming ownership of the islands.
	www.history.horizon.co.fk /chronology.html (2207 words)

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		It is simply an aid and a quick single file reference that can be printed or read with Notepad from a shortcut on your desktop that shows every single IOTA number.
		Some single IOTA numbers may include several separately named islands.
		In such cases some but not every single island name is necessarily in this list.
	www.mindspring.com /~w4gbu/iota.txt (109 words)

	AuctionHunter Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1972 he spent four months with Dr. David Bellamy in the Egmont Islands, during which time he amassed shells native to the Indian Ocean and researched the paper he later wrote for the Natural History Museum, entitled "Marine Shells of the Egmont Islands".
		More recently he spent several months diving for treasure in the Cape Verde Islands and collected several species of cowrie and cone shells.
		He won a display award from the British Shell Collector's Club in 1978 and often gives presentations on sea shells to various clubs and interested groups around the Swindon area.
	home.freeuk.net /anicholson/experts/shells.htm (233 words)

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