<P> Diego Garcia is an atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean , and the largest of 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago . It was settled by the French in the 1790s and was transferred to British rule after the Napoleonic Wars . It was one of the `` Dependencies '' of the British Colony of Mauritius until it was detached for inclusion in the newly created British Indian Ocean Territory ( BIOT ) in 1965 . </P>
<P> Diego Garcia is an atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean , and the largest of 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago . It was settled by the French in the 1790s and was transferred to British rule after the Napoleonic Wars . It was one of the `` Dependencies '' of the British Colony of Mauritius until it was detached for inclusion in the newly created British Indian Ocean Territory ( BIOT ) in 1965 . </P>
where is diego garcia located on the map
where is diego garcia located on the map
just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean
just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean