Chagos Archipelago

The Rock Doctor · June 02, 2007, 07:57:18 PM

Note that this is certainly not the Chagos we know from our world. Diego Garcia would correspond roughly with the Ottoman entity.

swamphen · June 12, 2007, 09:37:11 AM

Sharp. :)

The four islands that can be "seen as green" in the northern part of the German area are, north to south:

Neue Föhr
Neue Vilm
Neue Ummanz
Neue Rügen

The Rock Doctor · June 12, 2007, 10:15:45 AM

You're welcome. Tips are accepted.

Borys · July 26, 2007, 03:46:08 AM

I named one of the Iberian Islands "Bom Jesus".

Now, the betting is open on the name of the other one:
- Santa Maria
- San Salvador
- Santiago
- ????

Borys

P3D · July 26, 2007, 02:36:32 PM

And which one of these islands is Tortugas? The Northern ones currently labeled as Indian, or Northern DKB islands?

swamphen · July 26, 2007, 05:27:53 PM

The Tortugas, as I recall, were located between the Chagos and Keeling, slightly closer to Keeling.

(I saw one of the maps somewhere in one of the threads that showed the Tortugas, but can't for the life of me remember where it is. :( )

Ithekro · July 26, 2007, 07:51:43 PM

I was under the impression it was the one marked India, or at least one of those islands (the old map thread has Desertfox claiming "4" as Tortugas).

swamphen · July 26, 2007, 09:09:48 PM

It is, in fact...

linky

...those claimed by Bharat.

Which means that:
1. There are going to be a LOT more scorpion-counters in short order.
2. The Swiss had better be VERY grateful that the Orangemen arrived in the Tortugas just before the DKB declared war, causing the operation to bombard said islands to be called off.
3. There's an international incident brewing between Bharat and Orange (and the Swiss, but there's nothing new there).

P3D · July 31, 2007, 10:18:49 PM

Hm, if India is claiming Tortugas then they have claims over the whole Chagos. Filthy furriners came and took it. Therefore all islands has the same legal status...accepted by the world save India...

Ithekro · July 31, 2007, 11:53:22 PM

Sounds like a normal 19th century problem.

Borys · August 01, 2007, 12:48:28 AM

Ahoj!
So THAT'S the Swiss Tortugas!
I previously equated them with the Keeling Islands.

Had I known this before ...BOOP!

Borys

Borys · August 01, 2007, 08:18:46 AM

Ahoj!
The author of the addition to Australia - I think it was Korpen - asked to identify where did he take that piece of land from. I initialy suspected it to be North Scandinavia (I thought I saw the Rybaciy Polostrov/ Fisherman's Peninsula there), but something "wasn't right". Finally tracked it down dtoday - it's the Antarctic Pensinsula.

Borys

Korpen · August 01, 2007, 08:30:03 AM

Quote from: Borys on August 01, 2007, 08:18:46 AM
Ahoj!
The author of the addition to Australia - I think it was Korpen - asked to identify where did he take that piece of land from. I initialy suspected it to be North Scandinavia (I thought I saw the Rybaciy Polostrov/ Fisherman's Peninsula there), but something "wasn't right". Finally tracked it down dtoday - it's the Antarctic Pensinsula.

Borys

Wrong! :P ;)
Not even close :)

Borys · August 01, 2007, 09:03:20 AM

Ahoj!
Drat, drat, and DOUBLE drat!
Foiled again!
:)
Could you put up a detailed map of the NOI again?

Borys

Korpen · August 01, 2007, 09:09:14 AM

Quote from: Borys on August 01, 2007, 09:03:20 AM
Ahoj!
Drat, drat, and DOUBLE drat!
Foiled again!
:)
Could you put up a detailed map of the NOI again?

Borys

You mean: http://www.navalism.org/index.php?topic=1047.msg7875#msg7875 ?
And take a look at alaska, Ösel and chile... ;)