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af-001.jpgAF-001 Agalega Islands116 viewsAgaléga (French: îles Agaléga) are two outer islands of Mauritius located in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north of Mauritius island. The population of the islands as at July 2011 was estimated at 300. The islands have a total area of 2,600 hectares. The North island is 12.5 km long and 1.5 km wide, while the South island is 7 km long and 4.5 km wide. The North Island is home to the islands' airstrip and the capital Vingt Cinq.
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AF-008.jpgAF-008 Crozet Islands110 viewsThe Crozet Islands (French: Îles Crozet; or, officially, Archipel Crozet) are a sub-antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. The research station there is staffed by 18 to 30 people (varying by season). They perform meteorological, biological, and geological research, and maintain a seismograph and a geomagnetic observatory (IAGA code: CZT). The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization also has listening equipment on the island.
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AF-012R.jpgAF-012R Juan de Nova Island106 viewsJuan de Nova Island also known as Saint-Christophe, is a French 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, 4.4 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi) in size. Anchorage is possible off the northeast of the island which also has a 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) airstrip. Administratively, the island is one of the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean, a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. The island is garrisoned by French troops from Réunion and has a weather station
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af-002.jpgAF-002 Amsterdam & St Paul Islands105 viewsAmsterdam & St Paul Islands are two volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean. The only way to visit the islands is on the French research vessel Marion Dufresne II which services the Martin-de-Viviès research station on Amsterdam Island which is the seasonal home to about thirty researchers and staff studying biology, meteorology, and geomagnetics. The island is roughly equidistant to the land masses of Madagascar, Australia, and Antarctica
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af-003r.jpgAF-003R Ascension Island105 viewsAscension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56' south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of Brazil. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The island is the location of RAF Ascension Island, which is a Royal Air Force station, a European Space Agency rocket tracking station, an Anglo-American signals intelligence facility and the BBC World Service Atlantic Relay Station.
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3d2ag.jpg3d2ag Fiji105 viewsQso made via summer Es
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AF-011R.jpgAF-011R Glorioso Islands104 viewsThe Glorioso Islands (Archipel des Glorieuses) are a group of French islands and rocks totaling 5 square kilometres (1,200 acres). They are geographically part of the Comoro Islands between the French overseas region of Mayotte and the nation of Madagascar. Politically they are part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a French overseas territory. In 2012, France founded parc naturel marin des Glorieuses, a marine protected area, to preserve the endangered flora and fauna of the islands.
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AF-018R.jpgAF-018R Pantelleria Island103 viewsPantelleria, the ancient Cossyra or Cossura, is an Italian island and comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Sicily and 60 km (37 mi) east of the Tunisian coast.
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AF-010.jpgAF-010 Bioco (aka Fernando Poo) Island101 viewsBioko is an island 32 km (20 mi) off the west coast of Africa, and the northernmost part of the country of Equatorial Guinea. The island is located off Cameroon, in the Bight of Bonny portion of the Gulf of Guinea. The island has a population of 334,463 inhabitants (2015 Census). Located on Punta Europa, west of Malabo, the Alba Gas Plant processes natural gas delivered from offshore production wells.
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AF-016.jpgAF-016 Reunion Island100 viewsRéunion is an overseas department and region of France and an island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and 175 km (109 mi) southwest of Mauritius. As of January 2019, it had a population of 866,506. Reunion is one of the 18 regions of France, with the modified status of overseas region, and an integral part of the republic with the same status as Metropolitan France. Réunion is an outermost region of the European Union and, as an overseas department of France, part of the eurozone
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AF-017.jpgAF-017 Rodrigues Island100 viewsRodrigues is a 108-square-kilometre (42 sq mi) autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about 560 kilometres (350 mi) east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Islands which include Mauritius and Réunion. It is of volcanic origin and is surrounded by coral reef. Rodrigues gained autonomous status on 10 December 2002, and it is governed by the Rodrigues Regional Assembly. The capital of the island is Port Mathurin.
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AF-005.jpgAF-005 Cape Verde Leeward Islands (aka Sotavento)98 viewsThe Sotavento Islands (literally, the Leeward) is the southern island group of the Cape Verde archipelago, an independent state that lies off the Atlantic Coast of northwest Africa. Its population of around 540,000 is mostly of mixed European, Moorish, Arab and African heritage, and predominantly Roman Catholic, reflecting the legacy of Portuguese rule.
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AF-017R.jpgAF-017R Rodrigues Island98 viewsRodrigues is a 108-square-kilometre (42 sq mi) autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about 560 kilometres (350 mi) east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Islands which include Mauritius and Réunion. It is of volcanic origin and is surrounded by coral reef. Rodrigues gained autonomous status on 10 December 2002, and it is governed by the Rodrigues Regional Assembly. The capital of the island is Port Mathurin.
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AF-004.jpgAF-004 Canary Islands97 viewsThe Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain located in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco at the closest point. The islands are a major tourist destination with over 12 million visitors per year, especially Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. During the time of the Spanish Empire, the Canaries were the main stopover for Spanish galleons on their way to the Americas, which came south to catch the prevailing northeasterly trade winds.
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AF-005R.jpgAF-005R Leeward Islands (aka Sotavento)97 viewsThe Sotavento Islands (literally, the Leeward) is the southern island group of the Cape Verde archipelago, an independent state that lies off the Atlantic Coast of northwest Africa. Its population of around 540,000 is mostly of mixed European, Moorish, Arab and African heritage, and predominantly Roman Catholic, reflecting the legacy of Portuguese rule.
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AF-015.jpgAF-015 Saint Brandon Islands96 viewsSaint Brandon, also known as the Cargados Carajos Shoals, is an Indian Ocean archipelago about 430 kilometres (270 mi) northeast of Mauritius consisting of a number of sand banks, shoals and islets. Politically, Saint Brandon is part of the territory of Mauritius and is grouped within the Outer Islands of Mauritius along with Agaléga, The islands are now uninhabited
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af-003.jpgAF-003 Ascension Island95 viewsAscension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56' south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of Brazil. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The island is the location of RAF Ascension Island, which is a Royal Air Force station, a European Space Agency rocket tracking station, an Anglo-American signals intelligence facility and the BBC World Service Atlantic Relay Station.
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AF-011.jpgAF-011 Glorioso Islands94 viewsThe Glorioso Islands (Archipel des Glorieuses) are a group of French islands and rocks totaling 5 square kilometres (1,200 acres). They are geographically part of the Comoro Islands between the French overseas region of Mayotte and the nation of Madagascar. Politically they are part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a French overseas territory. In 2012, France founded parc naturel marin des Glorieuses, a marine protected area, to preserve the endangered flora and fauna of the islands.
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3d2agr.jpg3d2ag Fiji93 viewsQso made via summer Es
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af-002r.jpgAF-002R Amsterdam & St Paul Islands91 viewsAmsterdam & St Paul Islands are two volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean. The only way to visit the islands is on the French research vessel Marion Dufresne II which services the Martin-de-Viviès research station on Amsterdam Island which is the seasonal home to about thirty researchers and staff studying biology, meteorology, and geomagnetics. The island is roughly equidistant to the land masses of Madagascar, Australia, and Antarctica
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AF-006.jpgAF-006 Diego Garcia Island91 viewsDiego Garcia is a militarised atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago. In May 2019, the United Nations General Assembly affirmed the decision of the International Court of Justice and demanded that the United Kingdom withdraw its colonial administration from the Islands and cooperate with Mauritius to facilitate the resettlement of Mauritian nationals in the archipelago.
“In 2016, there were discussions between the United Kingdom and the United States concerning the continuing importance of the joint base. Neither party gave notice to terminate and the agreement remains in force until 2036.
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AF-007.jpgAF-007 Comoro Islands91 viewsThe Comoros, is an island country in the Indian Ocean located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel off the eastern coast of Africa between northeastern Mozambique, the French region of Mayotte, and northwestern Madagascar. The capital and largest city in Comoros is Moroni. The population, excluding Mayotte, is estimated at 795,601
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AF-010R.jpgAF-010R Bioko (aka Fernando Poo) Island91 viewsBioko is an island 32 km (20 mi) off the west coast of Africa, and the northernmost part of the country of Equatorial Guinea. The island is located off Cameroon, in the Bight of Bonny portion of the Gulf of Guinea. The island has a population of 334,463 inhabitants (2015 Census). Located on Punta Europa, west of Malabo, the Alba Gas Plant processes natural gas delivered from offshore production wells.
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AF-009.jpgAF-009 Europa Island90 viewsEuropa Island is a 28-square-kilometre (11 sq mi) low-lying tropical atoll in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique. The island had never been inhabited until 1820, when the French family Rosier moved to it. The island officially became a possession of France in 1897. The island today is garrisoned by a detachment from Réunion and has a weather station and is visited by scientists.
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AF-012.jpgAF-012 Juan de Nova Island89 viewsJuan de Nova Island also known as Saint-Christophe, is a French 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, 4.4 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi) in size. Anchorage is possible off the northeast of the island which also has a 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) airstrip. Administratively, the island is one of the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean, a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. The island is garrisoned by French troops from Réunion and has a weather station
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AF-013.jpgAF-013 Madagascar88 viewsMadagascar is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400 kilometres (250 miles) off the coast of East Africa. At 592,800 square kilometres Madagascar is the world's 2nd largest island country. In 2016, the population of Madagascar was estimated at 25 million, up from 2.2 million in 1900.
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AF-014.jpgAF-014 Madeira Archipelago88 viewsMadeira, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2016 at 289,000. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
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AF-018.jpgAF-018 Pantelleria Island87 viewsPantelleria, the ancient Cossyra or Cossura, is an Italian island and comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Sicily and 60 km (37 mi) east of the Tunisian coast.
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AF-019R.jpgAF-019R Pelagie Islands85 viewsare the three small islands of Lampedusa, Linosa, and Lampione, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, south of Sicily.Geographically, part of the archipelago (Lampedusa and Lampione) belongs to the African continent and it is an Italian maritime exclave in the Tunisian continental shelf;
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AF-022.jpgAF-022 St Helena Island83 viewsis a volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) east of Rio de Janeiro and 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi) west of the mouth of the Cunene River, which marks the border between Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa. It is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
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AF-020.jpgAF-020 Bijagos Archipelago81 viewsare a group of about 88 islands and islets located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the African nation of Guinea-Bissau
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AF-025.jpgAF-025 Aldabra Islands81 viewsAldabra Islands, atoll, one of the world’s largest, in the Indian Ocean about 600 miles (1,000 km) southwest of the Seychelles group, and part of the Republic of the Seychelles
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AF-024.jpgAF-024 Seychelles Inner Islands77 viewsThe Inner Islands which are mostly granitic, cluster mainly around the principal islands of Mahé, Praslin and La Digue, forming the cultural and economic hub of Seychelles
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AF-026.jpgAF-026 Cosmoledo Islands76 viewsCosmoledo Atoll is an atoll of the Aldabra Group and belongs to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, and is located 1,029 km southwest of the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island
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