Preferred term

INDIAN OCEAN REGION

Type

  • http://metadata.un.org/schema#GeographicTerm

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Scope note

  • Comprises the Indian Ocean, its islands (e.g., Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Sri Lanka) and surrounding continental coasts of Africa and Asia. Used mainly in geographical or strategic sense

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URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1003100

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