It is not one of those - it is simply the only one left in Asia - named British Indian Ocean Territory - 60 km² and about 2,000 inhabitants.

http://www.ems.psu.edu/~williams/states/io.htm

Jan

-----Original Message-----
From: acroorca2002 [mailto:orc@...]
Sent: 14. juni 2003 16:57
To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Esmeralda/Nye notch near Tonopah

perhaps it is one of those british territories in the indian ocean governed from london i forget if i ever knew tho thats a nice question i bet someone here really could pin down