Juan de Nova Island Île Juan de Nova (French) | |
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Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité | |
Anthem: "La Marseillaise" |
Disputed island | |
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Etymology | João da Nova |
Geography | |
Location | Mozambique Channel |
Coordinates | 17°03′20″S 42°43′30″E / 17.05556°S 42.72500°E |
Area | 4.8 km2 (1.9 sq mi) |
Length | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
Width | 1.6 km (1 mi) |
Coastline | 12.3 km (7.64 mi) |
Administration | |
Overseas territory | French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
District | Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean |
Claimed by | |
Demographics | |
Population | 15 (military, 2019) |
Additional information | |
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Juan de Nova Island (French: Île Juan de Nova, pronounced [il ʒɥɑ̃ də nɔva]), Malagasy: Nosy Kely)[1] is a French-controlled tropical island in the narrowest part of the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique. It is a low, flat island, 4.8 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi) in size.
Administratively, the island is one of the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean, a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, however its sovereignty is disputed by Madagascar.
Anchorage is possible off the northeast of the island which also has a 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) airstrip. The island is garrisoned by French troops from Réunion and has a weather station.[2]
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