!!!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