Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean

Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean Îles Éparses de l'océan Indien
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Maps of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean. Anti-clockwise from top right: Tromelin Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, Bassas da India, Europa Island. Banc du Geyser is not shown.

The Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (French: Îles Éparses or Îles Éparses de l'océan Indien) is the name for five uninhabited islands in the Indian Ocean. They are off the African coast, some are close to Madagascar. There is a weather station on some of these islands. They are administered by France, Madagascar claims some of them.

France has an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 200 nautical miles (370 km) around each of the small islands in the Scattered Islands, which together with the EEZ claims for the islands of Mayotte and Réunion totals more than one million square kilometres (400,000 sq mi) in the western Indian Ocean. There is considerable overlap of the EEZ with the neighbouring states.