Glorioso Islands

Map of Glorioso Islands

Official name: Glorioso Islands Capital: Area: total: 5 sq km note: includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock water: 0 sq km land: 5 sq km Location: Southern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Madagascar Geographic coordinates: 11 30 S, 47 20 E Comparative Area: about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 35.2 km Terrain: low and flat Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 12 m