| Europa Island (2004) | Europa Island (2005) | |
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| Airports | 1 (2003 est.) | 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 |
| 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 |
| Population | no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2004 est.) |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.) |