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<text id=93CT1403>
<title>
Tromelin Island--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tromelin Island
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the western Indian Ocean, 350 km east of
Madagascar and 600 km north of Reunion
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 1 km2</l>
<l> land area: 1 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 3.7 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 12 nm</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of
exploitation</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: claimed by Madagascar, Mauritius, and
Seychelles
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical
</p>
<p>Terrain: sandy
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 100% (scattered bushes)</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 0 km2
</p>
<p>Environment: wildlife sanctuary
</p>
<p>Note: climatologically important location for forecasting
cyclones
</p></body></article></text>