Salomon Atoll

Salomon Atoll in the north of the Chagos Archipelago is a ring of low coral islands around a lagoon, and the only place in the territory where yachts have been allowed to anchor, by permit and for a limited stay. Boddam Island holds the ruins of the old coconut plantation village, its church, manager's house and jetty overgrown by forest since the islanders were removed and the settlement abandoned. Fouquet and Takamaka are the second anchorage. The surrounding sea is one of the largest marine protected areas in the world, and the reefs, turtles and sharks are almost untouched. Nobody lives here, and there are no shops, fuel or services.