Glorioso Islands




                                  Header


Affiliation:
     (possession of France)


                                 Geography


Location:
     Southern Africa, in the Indian Ocean just north of Madagascar
Map references:
     Africa
Area:
total area:
     5 sq km
land area:
     5 sq km
comparative area:
     about 8.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
note:
     includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South
     Rock
Land boundaries:
     0 km
Coastline:
     35.2 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
     12 nm
exclusive economic zone:
     200 nm
territorial sea:
     12 nm
International disputes:
     claimed by Madagascar
Climate:
     tropical
Terrain:
     NA
Natural resources:
     guano, coconuts
Land use:
arable land:
     0%
permanent crops:
     0%
meadows and pastures:
     0%
forest and woodland:
     0%
other:
     100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms)
Irrigated land:
     0 sq km




Environment:
current issues:
     NA
natural hazards:
     subject to periodic cyclones
international agreements:
     NA


                                  People


Population:
     uninhabited


                                Government


Names:
conventional long form:
     none
conventional short form:
local long form:
     none
local short form:
     Iles Glorieuses
Digraph:
     GO
Type:
     French possession administered by 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
Airports:
total:
     1
usable:
     1
with permanent-surface runways:
     0
with runsways over 3,659 m:
     0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
     0




with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
     1


                              Defense Forces


Note:
     defense is the responsibility of France