The North and East Island group is a group of islands in the Blenheim Reef region of the Chagos Archipelago. The present-day atoll of Baxio Predassa forms the remnant of the group. The group consists of about thirty-five islands, of which thirty-two are submerged. The main islands are as follows:
- Ile Medaille (SUBMERGED)
- Ilot Bajinne (SUBMERGED)
- Ilot Chats (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Topaze (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Thorpe (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Verte (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Velo (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Cipaye (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Vingt-Cinq (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Du Nord
- Ile Du Milieu
- Ile De L'Est
- Ile Du Sud
- Ile Bateau (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Coco (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Grenade (SUBMERGED)
- Ilot Dubaire (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Boucherier (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Lubine (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Aux Vaches (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Aux L'Herbes (SUBMERGED)
- Ile De La Mere (SUBMERGED)
- Ile Pannacca (SUBMERGED)
The islands were linked to the larger South and West Island group
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