Eagle Islands

They are located on the central-western rim of the Great Chagos Bank, which is the world's largest coral atoll structure.

But at the time of Commander Robert Moresby's survey of the Chagos in 1838, this island was populated only occasionally.

Not long after the settlement of the Chagos group by the French planters at the end of the 18th century, the tendency was to concentrate the workers on only a few islands from which the plantations were run, like Ile Boddam in the Salomon Atoll.

[1] A reference collection of samples of the flora and fauna of the area was also undertaken.

[3] 06°12′S 71°19′E / 6.200°S 71.317°E / -6.200; 71.317 (Eagle Islands) This British Indian Ocean Territory location article is a stub.