| GEOGRAPHY |
| Country name: |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Bassas da India |
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| Location: |
Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique |
| Geographic
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21 30 S, 39 50 E |
| Area: |
total: 0.2 sq km
land: 0.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
| Area
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about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC |
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| Coastline: |
35.2 km |
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: |
tropical |
| Terrain: |
volcanic rock |
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m |
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