Europa Island (2004) | Europa Island (2006) | |
Airports | 1 (2003 est.) | 1 (2006) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006) |
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 |
Irrigated land | 0 sq km (1998 est.) | 0 sq km |
Land use | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2001) |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2005) |
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 2006 est.) |
Ports and harbors | none; offshore anchorage only | - |