The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, and directly south of the Maldives. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands – many very small – amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi).[6] The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, 27 km2 (10 sq mi), the site of a joint military facility of the United Kingdom and the United States.Since the 1980s the government of Mauritius has sought to regain control over the Chagos Archipelago, which was separated from the British Colony of Mauritius by the UK in 1965 to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. On 23 June 2017, the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) voted in favour of referring the territorial dispute between Mauritius and the UK to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in order to clarify the legal status of the Chagos Islands archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The motion was approved by a majority vote with 94 voting for and 15 against.
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Saint Helena (/ˌseɪnt həˈliːnə/ SAYNT-hə-LEE-nə) is a volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.It is one of the most remote islands in the world, and was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502. It was an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa for centuries. Napoleon was imprisoned there in exile by the British, as were Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (for leading a Zulu army against British rule) and more than 5,000 Boers taken prisoner during the Second Boer War, including Piet Cronjé. Between 1791 and 1833, Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation, reforestation and attempts to boost rainfall artificially. This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualisation of the processes of environmental change and helped establish the roots of environmentalism. Saint Helena is Britain's second-oldest remaining overseas territory after Bermuda.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands.There is no permanent population on the islands.[5] The present inhabitants are the British Government Officer, Deputy Postmaster, scientists, and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey who maintain scientific bases at Bird Island and at the capital, King Edward Point, as well as museum staff at nearby Grytviken. The United Kingdom claimed sovereigntyover South Georgia in 1775 and the South Sandwich Islands in 1908. The territory of "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" was formed in 1985; previously it had been governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927 and claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938. Argentina maintained a naval station, Corbeta Uruguay, on Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands from 1976 until 1982 when it was closed by the Royal Navy. The Argentine claim over South Georgia contributed to the 1982 Falklands War, during which Argentine forces briefly occupied the island. Argentina continues to claim sovereignty over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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- 南美洲英國屬地福克蘭群島的第三大島佩布爾島（Pebble Island）島主，近日在網上公開賣盤。想成為島主，除要有錢還要有心，因為島主明言接手者須好好照顧島上「住客」，包括五個企鵝族群、四十二種海鳥、海獅，六千頭羊及一百二十五頭牛。哈里斯的祖先在一八六九年買入小島經營養魚業，但小島自一九五○年起無人居住。經過一九八二年福克蘭戰爭的洗禮，這個長三十二公里、寬十點四公里的島上只有動物、荒廢軍營及一座小旅館，也有風能和太陽能發電設施，有旅遊發展潛力。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181216/00180_038.html
Saint Helena (/ˌseɪnt həˈliːnə/ SAYNT-hə-LEE-nə) is a volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.It is one of the most remote islands in the world, and was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502. It was an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa for centuries. Napoleon was imprisoned there in exile by the British, as were Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (for leading a Zulu army against British rule) and more than 5,000 Boers taken prisoner during the Second Boer War, including Piet Cronjé. Between 1791 and 1833, Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation, reforestation and attempts to boost rainfall artificially. This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualisation of the processes of environmental change and helped establish the roots of environmentalism. Saint Helena is Britain's second-oldest remaining overseas territory after Bermuda.
- https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/africa/st-helena-flights-how-to-get-there-airport-wind-shear-airlink-ticket-price-is-it-dangerous-a8130011.html In 1999, local authorities suggested they needed an airport. In 2005, the UK government agreed to pay for it, partly in the hope that establishing tourism would enable the island to stand on its own two feet (it’s currently propped up by the Department for International Development). They scheduled a 2010 opening, but that was before companies bidding for tender had withdrawn their offers, as well as a global financial crash and taking into account the need to level off mountainous landscape – filling in a chasm with eight million cubic metres of rock to construct a single flat surface on this most voluptuous of islands. Five years and £285m of UK taxpayer funding later, the airport was complete, only to find there were “operational difficulties” that rendered it non-functional. Building an airport on a cliffside wasn’t conducive to landing airplanes, it turned out. Winds gather speed across the open seas, slamming straight into St Helena’s sheer cliffs – and the runway built on top of them. They change direction and speed at a split second’s notice. They are dangerous. So the opening of the airport was delayed as they tested the wind shear. Trial charter flights didn’t go well (one former acrobatics pilot apparently called the landing “hair-raising”). When the first passenger jet – a Boeing 737-800 (in British Airways livery, operated by BA subsidiary Comair) – arrived for a trial run in April 2016, it took three attempts to land: the passengers inside, locals love to tell you, were screaming; the pilot had to sit in a room by himself with coffee and cigarettes for an hour after landing. And so the airport opening was put on hold indefinitely, and the RMS St Helena ship, which was due to be retired, was given a stay of execution. St Helena International Airport was infamously dubbed “the world’s most useless airport”. And then, in July 2017, it was suddenly announced that flights would start.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands.There is no permanent population on the islands.[5] The present inhabitants are the British Government Officer, Deputy Postmaster, scientists, and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey who maintain scientific bases at Bird Island and at the capital, King Edward Point, as well as museum staff at nearby Grytviken. The United Kingdom claimed sovereigntyover South Georgia in 1775 and the South Sandwich Islands in 1908. The territory of "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" was formed in 1985; previously it had been governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927 and claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938. Argentina maintained a naval station, Corbeta Uruguay, on Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands from 1976 until 1982 when it was closed by the Royal Navy. The Argentine claim over South Georgia contributed to the 1982 Falklands War, during which Argentine forces briefly occupied the island. Argentina continues to claim sovereignty over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Guernsey (/ˈɡɜːrnzi/ ; Guernésiais: Guernési) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, and is one of the British Channel Islands. The jurisdiction is not part of the United Kingdom, although defence and most foreign relations are handled by the British Government.The entire jurisdiction lies within the Common Travel Area of the British Islandsand the Republic of Ireland. Taken together with the separate jurisdictions of Alderneyand Sark it forms the Bailiwick of Guernsey.The name "Guernsey", as well as that of neighbouring "Jersey", is of Old Norseorigin. The second element of each word, "-ey", is the Old Norse for "island",[4] while the original root, "guern(s)", is of uncertain origin and meaning, possibly deriving from either a personal name such as Grani or Warinn, or from gron, meaning pine tree.Previous names for the Channel Islands vary over history, but include the Lenurislands,[6] and Sarnia, Sarnia is the Latin name for Guernsey, or Lisia (Guernsey) and Angia (Jersey).
- The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is the supervisory authority for financial services in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Formed in 1987.
- The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is the supervisory authority for financial services in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Formed in 1987.
特克斯和凯科斯群岛 The Turks and Caicos Islands (/tɜːrks/ and /ˈkeɪkəs,
- 當地總理剛訪問加國，那裏媒體乘機探討群島能否成為「加拿大第11省」的可能。表面上，加國和加勒比海風馬牛不相及，但前者兼併後者小島的念頭，卻有歷史背景和「理論基礎」。https://simonshen.blog/2014/05/29/加拿大的夏威夷：兼併加勒比海群島大辯論/
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