Location of the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean:
• 1 : Bassas da India
• 2 : Europa Island
• 3 : Glorioso Islands
• 4 : Juan de Nova
• 5 : Tromelin
(KM : Comoros, MG : Madagascar, MU : Mauritius, MZ : Mozambique, RE : Réunion, YT : Mayotte)

Europa Island (French: Île Europa) is a 28 km² low-lying tropical island in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique, at 22°20′S 40°22′E. It has 22.2 kilometers of coastline, but no ports or harbors. Anchorage is possible offshore. The airstrip is 1,500 metres long. Image File history File links Iles_eparses_de_l'ocean_Indien. ... Image File history File links Iles_eparses_de_l'ocean_Indien. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (in French ÃŽles éparses de locéan indien) are five islands of the Indian Ocean with no permanent population, Bassas da India, Europa, Juan de Nova, Glorioso, and Tromelin. ... The Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (in French ÃŽles éparses de locéan indien) are five islands of the Indian Ocean with no permanent population, Bassas da India, Europa, Juan de Nova, Glorioso, and Tromelin. ... The Mozambique Channel is a portion of the Indian Ocean between the island of Madagascar and southeast Africa. ...

The island is surrounded by coral beaches and a fringing reef and encloses a mangrove lagoon of around 9 km². Its vegetation also consists of dry forest, scrub, euphorbia and the remains of a sisal plantation.

Map of Europa Island

Europa Island is a nature reserve and host to migratory seabirds. It is one of the world's largest nesting sites for green turtles (Chelonia mydas). It is also home to goats. Download high resolution version (948x442, 63 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (948x442, 63 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

The island takes its name from the British ship Europa which visited it in 1774. It has been a possession of France since 1897, but is also claimed by Madagascar. Ruins and graves on Europa island attest to several attempts at settlement from the 1860s to the 1920s.

Its EEZ, contiguous with that of Bassas da India, is 127,300 km². The island, garrisoned by a detachment from Réunion, has a meteorological station and is visited by scientists.