Socotra is a small Yemeni archipelago of four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Horn of Africa, about 350 kilometers south of the Arabian peninsula.

索科特拉岛是也门群岛四个岛屿中的一个小岛，它们是远离非洲角海岸的印度洋中的一些小岛，大约在阿拉伯半岛以南350公里。

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The British newspaper the Guardian published a special seven-page supplement in 1977 about San Serriffe, a small republic said to consist of several semi-colon-shaped islands in the Indian Ocean.

1977年4月1日，英国《卫报》刊发了一份长达7页的增刊，详细描述了一个名为San Serriffe的国家。并声称，它位于印度洋，包含了若干分号形状的岛屿群。

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The Chagos Islands of the Indian Ocean are a military zone, too.

印度洋的查戈斯群岛也是一个军事区域。

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