| GEOGRAPHY |
| Country name: |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Juan de Nova Island
local long form: none
local short form: Ile Juan de Nova |
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Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique |
| Geographic
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17 03 S, 42 45 E |
| Area: |
total: 4.4 sq km
land: 4.4 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
| Area
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about seven times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC |
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24.1 km |
| Maritime
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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tropical |
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low and flat |
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 10 m |
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guano deposits and other fertilizers |
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possession of France; administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion |
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the laws of France, where applicable, apply |
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no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison along with a few meteorologists; occasionally visited by scientists (July 2005 est.) |
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