Christmas Island (redirected fromChristmas Island (Indian Ocean)) Encyclopedia Christmas Island 1.An Australian-administered island in the eastern Indian Ocean south of Java. It was annexed by Great Britain in 1888 and came under Australian sovereignty in 1958. ...
Indian Ocean Island Paradises From a tiny, heart-shaped private island off the shores of Zanzibar to the granite-strewn coastline of the Seychelles, each tropical island boasts its own unique flavours, captivating landscapes and warm island hospitality. &Beyond Benguerra Island &Beyond Mnemba Island...
Niels Steensgaard, ‘The Indian Ocean network and the emerging world economy c.1500-1750’ in Satish Chandra eds.,The Indian Ocean: Explorations in History, Commerce and Politics(1987). E. A. Alpers and H P Ray eds.,Cross-Currents and Community Networks:The History of the Indian Ocean Wor...
What brings together the story of the ruins of Babylon and the Ghats of the Ganges? Actually, these seemingly disjointed narratives make up a vast library of inter-connecting Indian Ocean island stories. In this study I will use the image of 'Banaras' as the locus of an inter-textual ...
However, an assessment of land use and land cover changes over time in Indian Ocean Islands is less documented. The land use/cover data changes over 10 years at smaller geographical scale across Unguja Island in Zanzibar were analyzed. Down scaling of the data was obtained from SERVIR through ...
A new model of reef-island evolution, based on detailed morphostratigraphic analysis and radiometric dating of three islands in South Maalhosmadulu Atoll, Maldives, is presented. Islands initially formed on a foundation of lagoonal sediments between 5500 and 4500 yr B.P. when the reef surface ...
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Overseas Territory:British Indian Ocean Territory Country:United Kingdom Overseas Territory:British Indian Ocean Territory Lat/Long:7°18'S / 72°24'E Elevation:12 m Currency:Pound Sterling (GBP) Languages:English Country Code:+246 Note:Diego Garcia is the largest island on Chagos Archipelago, in...
Deep plumbing system and magma transfers at Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean) Reunion Island (Indian ocean) is a volcanic complex resulting from hotspot activity composed of three coalescent eruptive systems. The first subaerial volc... G Boudoire,AD Muro,L Michon,... ...
The aim of this study was to estimate the growth of this species at Reunion Island (South-West Indian Ocean) since no study investigated this topic so far. Fifty-seven individuals were sampled in the landings of the French local artisanal fisheries from March 2014 to March 2015. The ...