Europa Island--Geography
CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Europa Island Geography

Location: Southern Africa, in the southern Mozambique Channel about halfway between Madagascar and Mozambique

Area: total area: 28 km2 land area: 28 km2 comparative area: about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 22.2 km

Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: claimed by Madagascar

Climate: tropical

Terrain: NA

Natural resources: negligible

Land use: arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA% (heavily wooded)

Irrigated land: 0 km2

Environment: wildlife sanctuary