Indian OceanBritish Indian Ocean Territory
5°19′S 72°16′E
Salomon Islands
Part of Chagos Archipelago
The Salomon Islands or Salomon Atoll is a small atoll of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
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15 landforms
Overview
The Salomon Islands or Salomon Atoll is a small atoll of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands4
- Minor islands1
- Islets7
- Rocks & skerries3
Major islands
4
Île Boddam
- Area
- 1.2 km²
- High point
- 16 m
Île Anglaise
- Area
- 0.75 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Île Takamaka
- Area
- 0.5 km²
- High point
- 22 m
Île Fouquet
- Area
- 0.48 km²
- High point
- 18 m
Minor islands
1
Île de la Passe
- Area
- 0.29 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Islets
7
- Île Mapou14 m · 0.05 km²
- Île du Sel9 m · 0.03 km²
- Île Jacobin11 m · 0.02 km²
- Île Sepulture10 m · 0.01 km²
- Île Poule0.7 ha
- Unnamed island0.5 ha
- Île Diable0.1 ha
Rocks & skerries
3
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- Île Takamaka: 22 m
- Île Fouquet: 18 m
- Île Boddam: 16 m
- Île Anglaise: 15 m
- Île de la Passe: 15 m
- Île Mapou: 14 m
- Île Jacobin: 11 m
- Île Sepulture: 10 m
- Île du Sel: 9 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
km², log scale
| Île Boddam | 1.2 km² |
| Île Anglaise | 0.75 km² |
| Île Takamaka | 0.5 km² |
| Île Fouquet | 0.48 km² |
| Île de la Passe | 0.29 km² |
| Île Mapou | 0.05 km² |
| Île du Sel | 0.03 km² |
| Île Jacobin | 0.02 km² |
| Île Sepulture | 0.01 km² |
| Île Poule | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Île Diable | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
Photographs
3
Salomons Atoll is one of the many above water features of the Chagos Archipelago
Île Boddam et Île Diable, Îles Salomon, Territoire britannique de l'océan Indien
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Salomons Atoll in the Chagos. Anne Sheppard / CC BY 3.0
- Boddam2. Dunog / Public domain
- Blenheim Salomon Victory STS049-71-85. NASA / Public domain