Nicobar Islands
Colonisation of the Nicobar Islands was a short-lived and unsuccessful attempt on the island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean colony of the Austrian Empire. The colony was established in 1778. This had previously been a Danish colony, and Austria established it as Denmark had abandoned its colony on the islands, although not its claim. However by 1783, due to a lack of support, the last colonists left.
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