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Bassas da India

1993 Edition — territory

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Communications
Ports [time series]
none; offshore anchorage only
Defense Forces
Note [time series]
defense is the responsibility of France
Economy
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
no economic activity
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: NA km2 land area: NA km2 comparative area: NA
Climate [time series]
tropical
Coastline [time series]
35.2 km
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]
claimed by Madagascar
Irrigated land [time series]
0 km2
Land boundaries [time series]
0 km
Land use [time series]
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all rock)
Location [time series]
Southern Africa, in the southern Mozambique Channel about halfway between Madagascar and Mozambique
Map references [time series]
Africa
Maritime claims [time series]
contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural resources [time series]
none
Note [time series]
navigational hazard since it is usually under water during high tide
Terrain [time series]
a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high
Government
Capital [time series]
none; administered by France from Reunion
Digraph [time series]
BS
Independence [time series]
none (possession of France)
Country name (Names) [time series]
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bassas da India
Government type (Type) [time series]
French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic Jacques DEWATRE (since July 1991), resident in Reunion
People
Population [time series]
uninhabited