Europa Island (2002) | Europa Island (2005) | |
Airports | 1 (2001) | 1 (2004 est.) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002) |
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
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 |
Industries | - | none |
Land use | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (1998 est.) |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2001) |
Location | Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique | Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between southern Madagascar and southern Mozambique |
Maritime claims | exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Population | no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2002 est.) |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.) |
Waterways | none | - |