Bassas da India (2006) | Bassas da India (2001) | |
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 an Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. | 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. |
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 the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | possession of France; administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion |
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 | 0 sq km (1993) |
Land use | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all rock) (2005) |
arable land:
0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all rock) |
Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
exclusive economic zone:
200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM |
Population | uninhabited (July 2006 est.) | uninhabited (July 2001 est.) |
Ports and harbors | - | none; offshore anchorage only |
Waterways | - | none |