- Welcome to my Diego Garcia Web Site! This is what the island looks like from the air. It resembles a huge foot, with the heel towards the upper right, and the toes being the islands to bottom of the photo. So someone decided to nick-name this island The Footprint of Freedom. Don't quite know where DG is It is 7 degrees south of the equator, right smack dab in the middle of the Indian ...www.mydiegogarcia.com