Country:  Glorioso Islands
(French possession)
- 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;
 
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
 
Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
 
Territorial sea: 12 nm
 
Disputes: claimed by Madagascar
 
Climate: tropical
 
Terrain: undetermined
 
Natural resources: guano, coconuts
 
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures;
0% forest and woodland; 100% other--lush vegetation and coconut palms
 
Environment: subject to periodic cyclones
 
Note: located in the Indian Ocean just north of the Mozambique
Channel between Africa and Madagascar
 
- People
Population: uninhabited
 
- Government
Long-form name: none
 
Type: French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic
Daniel CONSTANTIN, resident in Reunion
 
- Economy
Overview: no economic activity
 
- Communications
Airports: 1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m
 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
 
- Defense Forces
Note: defense is the responsibility of France