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Diego Garcia island, Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: 6 April 2003, 400 mm lens. Measuring 35 miles on the long axis, Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, a British dependency in the NW Indian Ocean. The strategic location of the island with respect to the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, with its full range of modern naval and air power facilities make the island a strategic military location, which supports a vital U.S. and British naval presence in the Indian Ocean and North Arabian Sea. The long runway can be seen at the widest part of the island. Diego Garcia is a coral atoll built on top of a submerged volcano. The administration encourages strict conservation of the island's ecology.

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