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[[Image:DiegoGarcia.png|thumb|Diego Garcia, located in the Indian Ocean.]] | [[Image:DiegoGarcia.png|thumb|Diego Garcia, located in the Indian Ocean.]] | ||
'''Diego Garcia''' is a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean of [[Earth]], about 1,000 miles south of the southern India coast. It has been a military base since the 1970's. In 1971 '''RAF''' (British Royal Air Force) Gan was built there. As of sometime during the 1960's, it became a [[British]] Indian Ocean Territory and still was during the 21st Century | '''Diego Garcia''' is a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean of [[Earth]], about 1,000 miles south of the southern India coast and far east of the "African Horn". It has been a military base since the 1970's. In 1971 '''RAF''' (British Royal Air Force) Gan was built there. As of sometime during the 1960's, it became a [[British]] Indian Ocean Territory and still was during the 21st Century. | ||
==Battle of Earth== | |||
The [[UNSC]] base on the island launched the first counterattacks against the [[Covenant]] when they invaded [[New Mombasa]] in Kenya, Africa in [[2552]] during [[The First Battle of Earth]]. Among the units to respond was the [[77th Marine Regiment]] and the [[405th]] UNSC Marine Corps Unit. During the [[Second Battle of Earth]], a computer screen showed a Covenant capital ship within what is probably firing range of the island. Its fate after the battle is unknown. | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*Diego Garcia is the main Island of a group of British islands called the Chagos Archipelago. | |||
*On November 30, 1983, a magnitude 7 earthquake 34 miles south of the island caused a small tsunami. | |||
*The Island is prone to cyclones. | |||
*It is the main island of about 60 which is called the Chagos Archipelago. | |||
[[Category:UNSC]] | [[Category:UNSC]] | ||
[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:Countries]] | [[Category:Countries]] |