Europa Island

Europa Island Geography

Location
Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique

Geographic coordinates
22 20 S, 40 22 E

Area
total: 28 sq km
land: 28 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative
about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries
0 km

Coastline
22.2 km

Maritime claims
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Climate
tropical

Terrain
low and flat

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 24 m

Natural resources
NEGL

Land use
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2001)

Irrigated land
0 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards
NA

Environment - current issues
NA

Geography - note
wildlife sanctuary



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