Europa Island: Background & Geography

Introduction Europa Island
Background:
 A French possession since 1897, the island is heavily wooded; it is the site of a small military garrison that staffs a weather station.
Geography Europa Island
Location:
 Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique
Geographic coordinates:
 22 20 S, 40 22 E
Map references:
 Africa
Area:
 total: 28 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 28 sq km
Area - comparative:
 about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
 0 km
Coastline:
 22.2 km
Maritime claims - as described in UNCLOS 1982 (see Notes and Definitions):
 territorial sea: 12 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
Climate:
 tropical
Terrain:
 low and flat
Elevation extremes:
 lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 24 m
Natural resources:
 NEGL
Land use:
 arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (1998 est.)
Irrigated land:
 0 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:
 NA
Environment - current issues:
 NA
Geography - note:
 wildlife sanctuary

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