Geographicals

Indian Ocean Islands

Numerous islands in the Indian Ocean situated east of Madagascar, north to the Arabian Sea and east to Sri Lanka. Included are COMOROS (republic), MADAGASCAR (republic), Maldives (republic), MAURITIUS (parliamentary democracy), Pemba (administered by Tanzania), REUNION (a department of France), and SEYCHELLES (republic).

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Numerous islands in the Indian Ocean situated east of Madagascar, north to the Arabian Sea and east to Sri Lanka. Included are COMOROS (republic), MADAGASCAR (republic), Maldives (republic), MAURITIUS (parliamentary democracy), Pemba (administered by Tanzania), REUNION (a department of France), and SEYCHELLES (republic).

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2 entry terms
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Pemba

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2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

in addition to indentions here, includes Maldives, Pemba & Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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  1. Z01w.639w.520

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Indian Ocean Islands. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007195. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007195
  2. Indian Ocean Islands. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96631994