Location: | Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique |
Geographic coordinates: | 21 30 S, 39 50 E |
Map references: | Africa |
Area: | total: 0.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 0.2 sq km |
Area - comparative: | about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC |
Land boundaries: | 0 km |
Coastline: | 35.2 km |
Maritime claims - as described in UNCLOS 1982 (see Notes and Definitions): | territorial sea: 12 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM |
Climate: | tropical |
Terrain: | volcanic rock |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m |
Natural resources: | none |
Land use: | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all rock) (1998 est.) |
Irrigated land: | 0 sq km (1998 est.) |
Natural hazards: | maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones |
Environment - current issues: | NA |
Geography - note: | the islands emerge from a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano |
