Editing Peros Banhos (section)

{{Short description|Archipelago in the Chagos Archipelago}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
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'''Peros Banhos''', '''Pedro dos Banhos'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3665435 |title=Particular plans of islands, rocks, and shoals in the Indian Ocean |publisher=Catalogue.nla.gov.au |access-date=2014-02-20}}</ref> or '''Baixos de Pêro dos Banhos'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nautarch.tamu.edu/NAPwiki/index.php/Portuguese_Indiamen_Shipwrecks |title=Portuguese Indiamen Shipwrecks |publisher=Nautarch.tamu.edu |date=2010-12-09 |access-date=2014-02-20}}</ref> in old maps, is a formerly inhabited [[atoll]] in the [[Chagos Archipelago]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-14|title=Mauritius formally challenges Britain's ownership of Chagos Islands|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/14/mauritius-formally-challenges-britains-ownership-of-chagos-islands|access-date=2022-02-14|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

'''Île Yeye''', located at the northeastern corner of the atoll, is the island of the [[Chagos Archipelago]] that is closest to the [[Maldives]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Xavier Romero-Frias|author-link=Xavier Romero-Frias|title=The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom|publisher=Barcelona|year=1999|isbn=84-7254-801-5}}</ref>