page_title: Peros Banhos
section_title: Nature Reserve
hierarchical_section_title: Peros Banhos / Nature Reserve
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Peros Banhos Atoll, the nature reserve area is highlighted green
context_page_description: Peros Banhos, Pedro dos Banhos or Baixos de Pêro dos Banhos in old maps, is a formerly inhabited atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
  Île Yeye, located at the northeastern corner of the atoll, is the island of the Chagos Archipelago that is closest to the Maldives.
context_section_description: The part of the atoll east of a line drawn between the easternmost point of land on Moresby Island (north) and the easternmost point of land on Fouquet Island (south) fall within the Peros Banhos Atoll Strict Nature Reserve. Entry into this and into the other Strict Nature Reserves, and within 200 metres (660 ft) of the islands therein is prohibited and activities are clearly proscribed by the British Indian Ocean Territory.
  Yachtsmen are advised not to even anchor within the limits of the Peros Banhos Atoll Strict Nature Reserve.
caption: Peros Banhos Atoll Strict Nature Reserve
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