Geography Of Bassas da India

Location	Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique
Geographic coordinates	21 30 S, 39 50 E
Map references	africa
Area	total: 0.2 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 0.2 sq km
Area comparative	about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	35.2 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical
Terrain	volcanic rock
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m
Natural resources	none
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all rock) (2001)
Irrigated land	0 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
Environment - current issues	NA
Environment - international agreements
Geography note	the islands emerge from a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano

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