Europa Island

Ile Europa

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Background:

A French possession since 1897, the island is heavily wooded; it is the site of a small military garrison that staffs a weather station.

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Location:	Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique
Geographic coordinates:	22 20 S, 40 22 E
Map references:	Africa
Area:	total: 28 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 28 sq km
Area - comparative:	about 0.16 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
Climate:	tropical
Terrain:	low and flat
Elevation extremes:	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 24 m
Natural resources:	NEGL
Land use:	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (1998 est.)
Irrigated land:	0 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:	NA
Environment - current issues:	NA
Geography - note:	wildlife sanctuary

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Population:

no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2002 est.)

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