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Geographic Locations > Islands > Indian Ocean Islands
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Indian Ocean Islands
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Indian Ocean Islands

Preferred term

Indian Ocean Islands  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Pemba

Note

  • in addition to indentions here, includes Maldives, Pemba & Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Scope note

  • Numerous islands in the Indian Ocean situated east of Madagascar, north to the Arabian Sea and east to Sri Lanka. Included are COMOROS (republic), MADAGASCAR (republic), Maldives (republic), MAURITIUS (parliamentary democracy), Pemba (administered by Tanzania), REUNION (a department of France), and SEYCHELLES (republic).

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007195

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