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| World Fact Book
| Mark H. Solsman
| Documentation Training and Publications, Center for Academic Computing
| mhs108@psu.edu  10/19/93
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_@_Glorioso Islands Geography
 
Total area:
    5 km2
Land area:
    5 km2; includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and
    South Rock
Comparative area:
    about 8.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
    none
Coastline:
    35.2 km
Maritime claims:
  Contiguous zone:
    12 nm
  Exclusive economic zone:
    200 nm
  Territorial sea:
    12 nm
Disputes:
    claimed by Madagascar
Climate:
    tropical
Terrain:
    undetermined
Natural resources:
    guano, coconuts
Land use:
    arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and
    woodland 0%; other - lush vegetation and coconut palms 100%
Environment:
    subject to periodic cyclones
Note:
    located in the Indian Ocean just north of the Mozambique Channel between
    Africa and Madagascar
 
:Glorioso Islands People
 
Population:
    uninhabited
 
:Glorioso Islands Government
 
Long-form name:
    none
Type:
    French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic Jacques
    DEWATRE, resident in Reunion
Capital:
    none; administered by France from Reunion
 
:Glorioso Islands Economy
 
Overview:
    no economic activity
 
:Glorioso Islands Communications
 
Ports:
    none; offshore anchorage only
Airports:
    1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
 
:Glorioso Islands Defense Forces
 
Note:
    defense is the responsibility of France
 
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