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Area > Comparative about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Area > Land	0.2 sq km		[19th of 238]
Area > Total	0.2 sq km		[17th of 250]
Area > Water	0 sq km		[9th of 239]
Climate	tropical
Coastline	35.2 km		[204th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	unnamed location 2.4 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Indian Ocean 0 m
Geographic coordinates	21 30 S, 39 50 E
Geography > Note the islands emerge from a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano
Land use > Arable land	0%		[252nd of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	0%		[248th of 258]
Location Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique
Map references Africa
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	200 nautical mile		[4th of 123]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[4th of 191]
Natural hazards maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
Natural resources	none
Population density	0 people per sqkm		[241st of 256]
Terrain	volcanic rock

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