Location: Southern Africa, in the southern Mozambique Channel about halfway between Madagascar and Mozambique

Map references: Africa

Area:
total area: NA km2
land area: NA km2
comparative area: NA

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 35.2 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: claimed by Madagascar

Climate: tropical

Terrain: a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high

Natural resources: none

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 100% (all rock)

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
international agreements: NA

Note: navigational hazard since it is usually under water during high tide

NOTE: The information regarding Bassas da India on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bassas da India Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bassas da India Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.