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    Glorioso Islands Geography - 1989
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    SOURCE: 1989 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Total area: 5 km2
      land area: 5 km2
      includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock

      Comparative area: about 8.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: none

      Coastline: 35.2 km

      Maritime claims: @m5Contiguous zone: 12 nm
      @m5Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation
      @m5Extended economic zone: 200 nm
      @m5Territorial sea: 12 nm

      Disputes: claimed by Madagascar

      Climate: tropical

      Terrain: undetermined

      Natural resources: guano, coconuts

      Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 100% other--lush vegetation and coconut palms

      Environment: subject to periodic cyclones

      Note: located in the Indian Ocean just north of the Mozambique Channel between Africa and Madagascar

      NOTE: The information regarding Glorioso Islands on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Glorioso Islands Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Glorioso Islands Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.

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