*Glorioso Islands, Geography

Location:
  Southern Africa, in the Indian Ocean just north of Madagascar
Map references:
  Africa
Area:
 total area:
  5 km2
 land area:
  5 km2
 comparative area:
  about 8.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
 note:
  includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock
Land boundaries:
  0 km
Coastline:
  35.2 km
Maritime claims:
 contiguous zone:
  12 nm
 exclusive economic zone:
  200 nm
 territorial sea:
  12 nm
International disputes:
  claimed by Madagascar
Climate:
  tropical
Terrain:   NA
Natural resources:
  guano, coconuts
Land use:
 arable land:
  0%
 permanent crops:
  0%
 meadows and pastures:
  0%
 forest and woodland:
  0%
 other:
  100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms)
Irrigated land:
  0 km2
Environment:
  subject to periodic cyclones

*Glorioso Islands, People

Population:
  unihabited

*Glorioso Islands, Government

Names:
 conventional long form:
  none
 conventional short form:
  Glorioso Islands
 local long form:
  none
 local short form:
  Iles Glorieuses
Digraph:
  GO
Type:
  French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic, resident in
  Reunion
Capital:
  none; administered by France from Reunion
Independence:
  none (possession of France)

*Glorioso Islands, Economy

Overview:
  no economic activity

*Glorioso Islands, Communications

Ports:
  none; offshore anchorage only
Airports:
 total:
  1
 usable:
  1
 with permanent-surface runways:
  0
 with runsways over 3,6359 m:
  0
 with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
  0
 with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
  1

*Glorioso Islands, Defense Forces

Note:
  defense is the responsibility of France