Domain names

General information British Indian Ocean Territory.


The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The territory comprises the six atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands.

The largest island is Diego Garcia, the site of a joint military facility of the United Kingdom and the United States.

General information

CountryBritish Indian Ocean Territory.
Top-level domain (ccTLD)io
Population3.500
LanguageEnglish
CurrencyPound sterling1 (GBP)
Telephone+1284
Area+60 km2
ContinentOceania

Flag

white with six blue wavy horizontal stripes; the flag of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section bears a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag