GLORIOSO ISLANDS
(French possession)
GEOGRAPHY
Total area: 5 km2; land area: 5 km2; includes Ile Glorieuse,
Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock

Comparative area: about 8.5 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 35.2 km

Maritime claims:

Contiguous zone: 12 nm;

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Disputes: claimed by Madagascar

Climate: tropical

Terrain: undetermined

Natural resources: guano, coconuts

Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
0%; forest and woodland 0%; other--lush vegetation and coconut palms 100%

Environment: subject to periodic cyclones

Note: located in the Indian Ocean just north of the Mozambique
Channel between Africa and Madagascar

PEOPLE
Population: uninhabited

GOVERNMENT
Long-form name: none

Type: French possession administered by Commissioner of the
Republic Daniel CONSTANTIN, resident in Reunion

ECONOMY
Overview: no economic activity

COMMUNICATIONS
Airports: 1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

DEFENSE FORCES
Note: defense is the responsibility of France



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