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Indian Ocean Article

What islands are found in the Indian Ocean?

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The Indian Ocean has relatively few islands compared with the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Madagascar, Maldives, Seychelles, Socotra, and Sri Lanka are continental fragments. The other islands include Christmas, Cocos, Farquhar, Prince Edward, Saint-Paul, Amsterdam, the Amirante, Andaman and Nicobar, Chagos, Crozet, Kerguelen, Sunda groups, Comoros, Lakshadweep, Mauritius, and Réunion.

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