!!!British Indian Ocean Territory: Geography ||Location|archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of India, about halfway between Africa and Indonesia ||Geographic Coordinates|6 00 S, 71 30 E; note - Diego Garcia 7 20 S, 72 25 E[{GoogleMap location='-6.0,71.5' zoom='4'}] ||Land boundaries|0 km ||Coastline|698 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Indian Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|flat and low (most areas do not exceed two meters in elevation) ||Natural Hazards|NA ||Natural Resource|coconuts, fish, sugarcane ||Land Use|''arable land: ''0%\\''permanent crops: ''0%\\''other: ''100% (2011) ||Climate|tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds ||Irrigated Land|NA ||Renewable Water Resources|NA ||Environment_CurrentIssues|NA ||Environment - international agreements|NA ||Large Cities| ||Geography-note|archipelago of 55 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility