Bassas da India




                                  Header


Affiliation:
     (possession of France)


                                 Geography


Location:
     Southern Africa, in the southern Mozambique Channel about halfway
     between Madagascar and Mozambique
Map references:
     Africa
Area:
total area:
     NA km2
land area:
     NA km2
comparative area:
     NA
Land boundaries:
     0 km
Coastline:
     35.2 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
     24 nm
continental shelf:
     200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone:
     200 nm
territorial sea:
     12 nm
International disputes:
     claimed by Madagascar
Climate:
     tropical
Terrain:
     a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high
Natural resources:
     none
Land use:
arable land:
     0%
permanent crops:
     0%
meadows and pastures:
     0%
forest and woodland:
     0%
other:
     100% (all rock)
Irrigated land:
     0 sq km




Environment:
current issues:
     NA
natural hazards:
     surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
international agreements:
     NA
Note:
     navigational hazard since it is usually under water during high tide


                                  People


Population:
     uninhabited


                                Government


Names:
conventional long form:
     none
conventional short form:
Digraph:
     BS
Type:
     French possession administered by a Commissioner of the Republic,
     resident in Reunion
Capital:
     none; administered by France from Reunion
Independence:
     none (possession of France)


                                  Economy


Overview:
     no economic activity


                              Communications


Ports:
     none; offshore anchorage only


                              Defense Forces


Note:
     defense is the responsibility of France