East Point, British Indian Ocean Territory
Ghost town · United Kingdom
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- -7.353, 72.468
Why it was abandoned
📉 Economic decline
Detected automatically from the text: It was the largest civilian settlement in the archipelago, and served as the administrative capital until the forced depopulation of the territory.
History
East Point is an abandoned settlement on the east of the atoll of Diego Garcia. It was the largest civilian settlement in the archipelago, and served as the administrative capital until the forced depopulation of the territory.