Bassas da India (2001) | Bassas da India (2006) | |
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Area | total:
0.2 sq km land: 0.2 sq km water: 0 sq km |
total: 0.2 sq km
land: 0.2 sq km water: 0 sq km |
Background | This atoll is a volcanic rock surrounded by reefs and is awash at high tide. A French possession since 1897, it was placed under the administration of a commissioner residing in Reunion in 1968. | This atoll is a volcanic rock surrounded by reefs and is awash at high tide. A French possession since 1897, it was placed under the administration of an Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. |
Country name | conventional long form:
none conventional short form: Bassas da India |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Bassas da India |
Dependency status | possession of France; administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion | possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
Elevation extremes | lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m |
Geography - note | - | the islands emerge from a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano |
Irrigated land | 0 sq km (1993) | 0 sq km |
Land use | arable land:
0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all rock) |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all rock) (2005) |
Maritime claims | exclusive economic zone:
200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Population | uninhabited (July 2001 est.) | uninhabited (July 2006 est.) |
Ports and harbors | none; offshore anchorage only | - |
Waterways | none | - |