CATEGORIES
◆ COMMUNICATIONS(2 fields)
Airports
total: 1 usable: 1 with permanent-surface runways: 0 with runsways over 3,6359 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1
Ports
none; offshore anchorage only
◆ DEFENSE FORCES(1 fields)
Note
defense is the responsibility of France
◆ ECONOMY(1 fields)
Overview
no economic activity
◆ GEOGRAPHY(13 fields)
Area
total area: 5 km2 land area: 5 km2 comparative area: about 8.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC note: includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock
Climate
tropical
Coastline
35.2 km
Environment
subject to periodic cyclones
International disputes
claimed by Madagascar
Irrigated land
0 km2
Land boundaries
0 km
Land use
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms)
Location
Southern Africa, in the Indian Ocean just north of Madagascar
Map references
Africa
Maritime claims
contiguous zone: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural resources
guano, coconuts
Terrain
NA
◆ GOVERNMENT(5 fields)
Capital
none; administered by France from Reunion
Digraph
GO
Independence
none (possession of France)
Names
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Glorioso Islands local long form: none local short form: Iles Glorieuses
Type
French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion
◆ PEOPLE(1 fields)
Population
unihabited