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The
Glorieuses or
Glorioso Islands (
French:
Îles Glorieuses or officially also
Archipel des Glorieuses) are a group of
French islands and rocks totalling 5 km², at, in the northern Mozambique channel, about 160 km northwest of
Madagascar. The Glorieuses have an
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 48,350 km². There are anchorages offshore, and Grande Glorieuse has a 1,300-metre-long
airstrip.
The
archipelago consists of two islands, Grande Glorieuse and Île du Lys, as well as eight rock islets (
Roches Vertes): Wreck Rock, South Rock and Verte Rocks (three) and three others that are unnamed. They form part of a
coral reef and
lagoon. Grande Glorieuses is roughly circular and measures about 3 km across. It is thickly vegetated, mainly by the remains of a coconut plantation and
casuarina trees.
Île du Lys, about five miles northeast of Grande Glorieuses, is about 600 metres long and consists of
sand dunes and scrub with some
mangroves. It was formerly quarried for
phosphate (
guano).
The Glorieuses were named and settled in 1880 by a
Frenchman, Hippolyte Caltaux, who established a
coconut and
maize plantation on Grande Glorieuse. The archipelago became a French possession in 1892. From 1914 to 1958 concessions to exploit the islands were given to
Seychelles companies.
The islands are today
nature reserves with a
meteorological station garrisoned by French troops (The
French Foreign Legion). They are claimed by
Madagascar (because of their strategic importance), the
Seychelles (considering the islands part of the
Seychelles Archipelago) and the
Comoros (considering the islands part of the Comoros Archipelago).
The climate is tropical and the terrain is low and flat, varying from sea level to 12 m. Île de Lys in particular is a nesting ground for
migratory seabirds, and
turtles lay eggs on the beaches.
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