What are the islands in the Indian Ocean?

There are still many islands in the Indian Ocean, some of which are excellent tourist attractions, such as Maldives, the world's top tourist resort. Many people are looking forward to spending their holidays on these islands. Let's share with you what islands are there in the Indian Ocean. 1. Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean, the third ocean in the world, lies between Asia, Oceania, Africa and Antarctica. According to NOAA data, the Indian Ocean covers an area of 7.56 million square kilometers, accounting for about 19.5% of the world's total ocean area. Its volume is 2,64 million cubic kilometers, accounting for 19.8% of the world's total ocean area.

The southwest of the Indian Ocean is divided with the Atlantic Ocean by the meridian passing through Egalist, South Africa, and the southeast is connected with the Pacific Ocean by the meridian passing through the southeast corner of Tasmania to the Antarctic continent. The outline of the Indian Ocean is that the northern part is closed by land, and the southern part is bounded by 6 south latitude, which is connected with antarctic ocean.

The main sea and bays are Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Arafura Sea, Timor Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria, Bay of Great Australia, mozambique channel and so on.

There are many islands in the Indian Ocean, most of which are mainland islands, such as Madagascar, Sri Lanka, andaman islands, Nicobar Islands and mentawai islands.

reunion island, Comoros, Amsterdam, Croze and Kerguelen are volcanic islands. Laksha Islands, Maldives Islands, Chagos Islands, Christmas Island and Corcos Islands in southwest Java are all coral islands, and Madagascar Island is the largest island through which the Tropic of Capricorn passes.

So today, I will mainly introduce some main islands with their own characteristics in the Indian Ocean. 2. Andaman-Nicobar Islands

Andaman-Nicobar Islands is an overseas joint territory of the Indian Federation, which is a collective name of andaman islands, Shidu Strait and Nicobar Islands. It is located between the Bay of Bengal and the Sea of Myanmar, south of Myanmar and 8 kilometers away from mainland India.

Nicobar, the traditional language of Nicobar Islands, is a very unique language in South Asian language family. Andaman islands's language is unique and has no homologous relationship with the languages of the Asian continent.

andaman islands and Nicobar Islands are also called Gulf Islands-they are made up of more than 3, islands, most of which have no fresh water and are uninhabited. Port blair is the capital here, about 2,5 kilometers away from Kolkata and 1,2 kilometers away from Chennai. Further to the southeast, it is the southernmost island of Nicobar Islands, only 15 kilometers away from Indonesian Sumatra Island. This area was first called Pygmalion Point, and now it is called Indira Point.

Andaman-Nicobar Islands is located in the southeast of the South Asian subcontinent and the south of the Bay of Bengal. The archipelago is composed of 572

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The island is criss-crossed with volcanoes and hills. Because it is located in the tropics, the climate is hot and humid all year round, and the annual precipitation is more than 2mm. Forests account for 86% of the island's area, and mahogany is its specialty. Andaman-Nicobar Islands is one of the directly administered areas of India. Because it is far away from the mainland, it is not easy to develop. Since India's independence, it has not been paid attention to by the central government, and some local indigenous peoples still retain their old habits of being naked.

The Andaman-Nicobar Islands are in an important position and have an irreplaceable strategic position in other islands in the Indian Ocean. The world-famous golden waterway-Malacca Strait is located not far east of Andaman-Nicobar. The islands are just like two natural gates stuck in the Strait, controlling the strategic thrust of international aviation and shipping between Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and the Atlantic.

Due to its unique geographical location, Andaman-Nicobar Islands has always been a coveted maritime base for colonialists and hegemonists. Since 1789, the islands have been occupied by Britain for a long time. It was occupied by the Japanese during the Second World War, and after the war, it was under the jurisdiction of India. For a long time, for the sake of defense, the Indian Navy has a military port and base in port blair, the capital of the islands, and the Indian Army and Air Force also have a small number of troops stationed there. 3. Laksha Islands-Islands on the oil route

Laksha Islands is the smallest joint territory of India, located in the southeast bottom of the Arabian Sea to the west of Kerala (below is the northern islands of Maldives).

The archipelago includes 12 coral islands, 3 coral reefs, and many small islands 2-3 kilometers from the coast. The land area of the whole archipelago is only 32 square kilometers.

from 1956 to 1973, it was called Laccadive, Minicor and Andamindiv Islands. The central territory of India. At the southeast bottom of Arabian Sea in the southwest of Indian Peninsula (below is the northern islands of Maldives).

it is about 3 kilometers away from the Malabar coast. It is between 8-12 2' north latitude and 71 45'-74 east longitude. Including Amindivi Islands in the northernmost part, Lakdev Islands and minicoy in the southern part, there are 25 islands with an area of 32 square kilometers. Population 52, (1991). Cavalati, the capital. It is gradually developed from the coral reefs around the underwater volcanic cone, with an altitude of 3-5 meters.

Each island is small, and the largest minicoy is only 4.53 square kilometers. Minicoy at the southern tip of the archipelago is separated from Amindivi Island and Lakdev Island at the northern end by a nine-degree strait. The islands are very small, and none of them are one mile wide. The soil is coral alluvial sand. There is a coral layer extending all over the islands several meters below the surface. The climate of the island is hot and humid all year round, with an annual precipitation of about 2,5 mm.

Coconut and coconut products are abundant, and fishery is also important. There are also bread trees, sweet potatoes, oranges and vegetables. The industry is mainly cottage industry, including knitting coconut fiber, processing coconut kernel and drying dried fish. Fish cannery, coconut fiber factory, small-scale knitting factory and manual textile factory have been developed. 4. Maldives-The "garland islands" with the lowest altitude in the Indian Ocean

The Maldives (formerly known as Maldives

) is an archipelago country in the Indian Ocean. It is about 6 kilometers from southern India and 75 kilometers from southwest Sri Lanka. 26 groups of natural atolls and 1,192 coral islands are distributed in the sea area of 9, square kilometers, of which about 2 islands are inhabited. With a land area of 298 square kilometers, it is the smallest country in Asia.

The northeast of Maldives is 675 kilometers away from Sri Lanka, and the north is about 113 kilometers away from minicoy. The equatorial strait and the once-and-a-half strait in the south of Maldives are the main maritime traffic routes.

Maldives is located in the vast blue waters of the Indian Ocean. Its territory consists of thousands of small islands, like a string of pearls shaken off by God. The unique geographical environment endows Maldives with the beauty of paradise. Enthusiastic sunshine, colorful oceans and fantastic beaches attract tourists from all over the world.

Of the 1,19 islands in Maldives, 87 have been developed into holiday hotels in the mode of "one island, one hotel". Designers have used their endless imagination to design beautiful gardens and fantastic water houses. The almost isolated environment and comfortable hotel facilities, numerous entertainment projects and meticulous service attract tourists who just want to put aside all the distractions and spend a pure holiday.

The most tiring sightseeing activity here is nothing more than diving in the sea or canoeing to a more primitive uninhabited island. Another 21 islands are inhabited by local people, including Male Island, the capital with an area of only 2

square kilometers, and HUHULE Island, where the international airport is located. The means of transportation between islands are mainly boats and seaplanes. 5. Chagos Archipelago-the main naval and air base controlled by the United States in the Indian Ocean

Chagos Archipelago is an archipelago located in the center of the Indian Ocean, with a large number of islands, including Diego Garcia in the south, Egmont in the southwest, Salomon in the northeast, and Peru Spartanus in the north, etc.

Because the islands are located in the center of the Indian Ocean and just far away from the path of typhoons, they have important strategic value. This is the only American military base in the Indian Ocean.

The islands were uninhabited when they were discovered by Portuguese explorers in the 16th century. At the end of the 18th century, France took Chagos Archipelago and Seychelles as the possessions of Mauritius, and imported a group of black slaves from Africa to establish coconut plantations to produce dried coconuts. The British occupied the islands in the early 19th century. According to the Treaty of Paris signed in 1814, Mauritius and its dependencies officially became British colonies. Seychelles later broke away from Mauritius and became an independent colony under the British in 193.

In p>1965, Britain forced Mauritius to sell Chagos Archipelago to Britain for 3 million pounds as a condition for allowing Mauritius to become independent. During the Cold War, Britain and the United States built military facilities on the islands to balance the Soviet military deployment in the region, and the original plantations were closed. Between 1967 and 1973, Britain expelled the inhabitants of Chagos Archipelago, who were actually not aborigines, but descendants of African slaves and Indian laborers. At that time, Britain asked them to choose to settle in Seychelles or Mauritius. Most people chose the latter, and a few went to Britain. In 1976, the islands of Al Dabboura, Farquhar and Desroqi, which were acquired from Seychelles, were returned after the independence of the colony. Since then, british indian ocean territory has only Chagos Archipelago.

In p>1966, Britain and the United States reached an agreement, and Britain leased Diego Garcia to the United States for 5 years. In the late 197s and 198s, the United States' large-scale construction of military facilities in the local area was opposed by neighboring countries, who believed that the base was detrimental to the demilitarization status of the Indian Ocean region. The United States has more than 1,7 soldiers here and has a large amount of war materials in reserve. The runway of the airport on the island can be used for B-52 large bombers to take off and land, and the port can be used for the aircraft carrier of the Fifth Fleet to dock. During the Gulf War, the Afghan War and the Iraq War, Diego Garcia became the starting point for the US B-52 bombers to launch attacks and played an important role in the victory of the US military. 6. Mascarene Islands-Origin of ebony and mahogany

The Mascarene Islands are located in the Indian Ocean 64 ~ 8 kilometers east of Madagascar Island in Africa. It is located at 19 43 ′ ~ 21 22 ′ south latitude and 55 15 ′ ~ 63 26 ′ east longitude. Consisting of Reunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues Island, it is a volcanic island with an area of < P > 4,486 square kilometers. In 1982, the population was 1.476 million (see Mauritius and reunion island).

The formation of the Mascarene Islands was caused by a series of submarine volcanic eruptions caused by the sliding of the African plate on the hot spot of Reunion, but the volcanic activity in this area is no longer active. It has a total area of 4,486 square kilometers and a population of 1.5 million.

The surface of Musk Islands is a basalt deposit with a thickness of several thousand meters formed by submarine volcanic eruption. Millions of years of sea breeze and seawater have brought pteridophytes from the African continent and the Indian continent, lizards and spiders from logs crossing the ocean, and various plant seeds from migrating migratory birds and European colonists. Under the unique climate and geographical conditions, the Maskelin Islands gradually evolved into a kingdom of plants. The vegetation on the island is distributed in strips with different altitudes. Under the strong sea breeze, from the seaside, tropical sparse trunk grass, tropical rain forest and wasteland landforms are presented one by one. 7. Seychelles-"Eden" in the Indian Ocean

Seychelles consists of 92 islands, and there are only two seasons in a year-hot season and cool season, and there is no winter. This is a huge natural botanical garden, with more than 5 kinds of plants, of which more than 8 kinds can't be found anywhere else in the world.

Every small island has its own characteristics. Al Dabboura Island is also a famous turtle island, where tens of thousands of big turtles live. Fregat Island is an "insect world"; Conson Island is a "bird paradise"; Ige Island is rich in colorful shells.

Blue sky, clear water, sunshine, beaches and sea breeze are all that a beautiful island country should have, not only here, but also here. So in Seychelles, you will become greedy. Because there is the fragrance of gardenia in the air, even the simplest breathing becomes enjoyment.

The plants here are all super-large, with a bit of licentiousness in the lush, and the colors are as rich as Gauguin's paintings. The pine pagoda is as big as a cantaloupe, and the leaves of Worry-Free Grass have grown more than a foot wide. The huge coconut tree leans across the window, and the tall phoenix tree behind the tall hibiscus is so red that it almost covers half the sky. In the meantime, you will feel that the vibrant flowers and plants are the real owners of the island, and people are just the embellishment. Their national treasure is a kind of exotic fruit called sea coconut, and foreign tourists need a permit from the local government if they want to take it out of the country.

There are 115 granite and coral reef islands scattered like pearls in the vast emerald-like Indian Ocean of more than 1 million square kilometers. It is a country with the most primitive and beautiful natural environment on the planet, while ensuring civilized life with modern facilities. Sunshine, beach, blue sea and blue sky; All kinds of rare birds and animals and towering old trees make people feel like they are in the Garden of Eden. Simple folk customs, leisurely life and ox carts on Ladig Island have brought people back to the beginning of last century, and time seems to have left no trace here.

In Seychelles, the greatest happiness you can get is that you don't have to do anything, watch TV, read newspapers or use computers, because there will be nothing. There is no culture of shopping centers, fast food restaurants and cafes, only beautiful scenery presented by nature. 8. Comoros Islands-a country with the highest perfume production in the world

Comoros Islands is an Indian Ocean island country, which is located on the east side of Africa, at the entrance of the northern end of mozambique channel, and is an archipelago country consisting of four main islands, namely Grand Comoros, Anjouan, Moeli and Mayotte, with the name of Union

ofComoros, with a total area of about 2,236 square kilometers.

Comoros is an island country in the western Indian Ocean, located at the entrance of the northern end of mozambique channel in southeast Africa, about 5 kilometers from Madagascar and Mozambique in the east and west.

It consists of four main islands, namely Grand Comoros, Anjouan, Moeli and Mayotte, and some small islands. Comoros Islands is a group of volcanic islands, most of which are mountainous, with rugged terrain and widely distributed forests.