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class="mw-page-title-main">Juan de Nova Island</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islla_Juan_de_Nova" title="Islla Juan de Nova – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Islla Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuan_de_Nova_adas%C4%B1" title="Xuan de Nova adası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Xuan de Nova adası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D1%8D_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Жуан дэ Нова – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Жуан дэ Нова" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D1%8D_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Жуан дэ Нова – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Жуан дэ Нова" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_Juan_de_Nova" title="Illa Juan de Nova – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Illa Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Juan_de_Nova_(pulo_sa_Kayutaang_Pranses_sa_Habagatan)" title="Île Juan de Nova (pulo sa Kayutaang Pranses sa Habagatan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Île Juan de Nova (pulo sa Kayutaang Pranses sa Habagatan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_da_Nova" title="Juan da Nova – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Juan da Nova" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Nova" title="Juan de Nova – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A7%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CE%BD_%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5_%CE%9D%CF%8C%CE%B2%CE%B1" title="Νήσος Χουάν ντε Νόβα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νήσος Χουάν ντε Νόβα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_Juan_de_Nova" title="Isla Juan de Nova – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Isla Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B4uan-de-la-Nova_Insulo" title="Ĵuan-de-la-Nova Insulo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĵuan-de-la-Nova Insulo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Nova_uhartea" title="Juan de Nova uhartea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Juan de Nova uhartea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%DA%98%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7" title="جزیره ژوان دو نوا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزیره ژوان دو نوا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Juan_de_Nova" title="Île Juan de Nova – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Île Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_Juan_de_Nova" title="Illa Juan de Nova – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Illa Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A5%90%EC%95%99%EB%93%9C%EB%85%B8%EB%B0%94%EC%84%AC" title="쥐앙드노바섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="쥐앙드노바섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Nova" title="Juan de Nova – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Juan_de_Nova" title="Pulau Juan de Nova – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pulau Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Nova" title="Juan de Nova – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%27%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91%D7%94" title="ז'ואן דה נובה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ז'ואן דה נובה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9F%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C-%E1%83%93%E1%83%98-%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%90" title="ჟუან-დი-ნოვა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჟუან-დი-ნოვა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0" title="Хуан де Ноба – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Хуан де Ноба" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDuana_da_Novas_sala" title="Žuana da Novas sala – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Žuana da Novas sala" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDuan_de_Novos_sala" title="Žuan de Novos sala – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Žuan de Novos sala" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoa_Gioan_de_Nova" title="Isoa Gioan de Nova – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Isoa Gioan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Nova" title="Juan de Nova – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosy_Juan_de_Nova" title="Nosy Juan de Nova – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Nosy Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7" title="جزيره جوان دى نوفا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جزيره جوان دى نوفا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Nova" title="Juan de Nova – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8E%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E5%B3%B6" title="フアン・デ・ノヴァ島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フアン・デ・ノヴァ島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Nova" title="Juan de Nova – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_Juan_de_Nova" title="Illa Juan de Nova – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Illa Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Nova" title="Juan de Nova – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_de_Jo%C3%A3o_da_Nova" title="Ilha de João da Nova – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ilha de João da Nova" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Nova" title="Juan de Nova – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Juan de Nova" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Жуан-ди-Нова – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" 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.ib-country-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li2{text-indent:0.5em;margin-left:1em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-website{line-height:11pt}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-map-caption3{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn{text-align:left;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Juan de Nova Island</div><div class="ib-country-names"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Île Juan de Nova</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px 3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Juan de Nova Island"><img alt="Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/188px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="283" /></a></span></div> </div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands">Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Motto: </b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Libert%C3%A9,_%C3%A9galit%C3%A9,_fraternit%C3%A9" title="Liberté, égalité, fraternité">Liberté, égalité, fraternité</a></i></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> "<a href="/wiki/La_Marseillaise" title="La Marseillaise">La Marseillaise</a>"</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129712854">.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-title-embed{background-color:#efefef;font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native>div{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country{border-top:1px solid black;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country2{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-below{text-align:left;border-top:#aaa 1px solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Juan de Nova</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/Territorial_dispute" title="Territorial dispute">Disputed island</a><br /></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Juan_de_nova_-_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Juan_de_nova_-_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%285%29.jpg/260px-Juan_de_nova_-_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Juan_de_nova_-_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%285%29.jpg/390px-Juan_de_nova_-_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Juan_de_nova_-_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%285%29.jpg/520px-Juan_de_nova_-_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2742" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:LocationJuanDeNovaIsland.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/LocationJuanDeNovaIsland.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="119" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="119" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Etymology</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_da_Nova" title="João da Nova">João da Nova</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Channel" title="Mozambique Channel">Mozambique Channel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Juan_de_Nova_Island&params=17_03_20_S_42_43_30_E_region:FR-TF_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">17°03′20″S</span> <span class="longitude">42°43′30″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">17.05556°S 42.72500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-17.05556; 42.72500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">4.8 km<sup>2</sup> (1.9 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">6 km (3.7 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">1.6 km (1 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coastline</th><td class="infobox-data">12.3 km (7.64 mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Overseas_territory_(France)" title="Overseas territory (France)">Overseas territory</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">District</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scattered_Islands_in_the_Indian_Ocean" title="Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean">Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Claimed by</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-islands-country2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">15 (military, 2019)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Additional information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Time" title="East Africa Time">EAT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+03:00</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Juan de Nova Island</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Île Juan de Nova</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[il<span class="wrap"> </span>ʒɥɑ̃<span class="wrap"> </span>də<span class="wrap"> </span>nɔva]</a></span>), <a href="/wiki/Malagasy_language" title="Malagasy language">Malagasy</a>: <i>Nosy Kely</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a French-controlled tropical island in the narrowest part of the <a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Channel" title="Mozambique Channel">Mozambique Channel</a>, about one-third of the way between <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>. It is a low, flat island, 4.8 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi) in size. </p><p>Administratively, the island is one of the <a href="/wiki/Scattered_islands_in_the_Indian_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean">Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean</a>, a district of the <a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a>, however its sovereignty is disputed by Madagascar. </p><p>Anchorage is possible off the northeast of the island which also has a 1,300-metre (4,300 ft) <a href="/wiki/Airstrip" class="mw-redirect" title="Airstrip">airstrip</a>. The island is garrisoned by French troops from <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a> and has a <a href="/wiki/Weather_station" title="Weather station">weather station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Juan de Nova, about six kilometres (3.7 mi) long and 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) at its widest, is a <a href="/wiki/Nature_reserve" title="Nature reserve">nature reserve</a> surrounded by reefs which enclose an area—not a true lagoon like in an <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atoll</a>—of roughly 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi). Forests, mainly of <a href="/wiki/Casuarinaceae" title="Casuarinaceae">Casuarinaceae</a>, cover about half the island. <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtles" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea turtles">Sea turtles</a> nest on the beaches around the island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Juan_de_Nova_Island_and_reef_land_cover_map-fr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A map in French of Juan de Nova Island and its reefs." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Juan_de_Nova_Island_and_reef_land_cover_map-fr.jpg/220px-Juan_de_Nova_Island_and_reef_land_cover_map-fr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Juan_de_Nova_Island_and_reef_land_cover_map-fr.jpg/330px-Juan_de_Nova_Island_and_reef_land_cover_map-fr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Juan_de_Nova_Island_and_reef_land_cover_map-fr.jpg/440px-Juan_de_Nova_Island_and_reef_land_cover_map-fr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4110" data-file-height="4140" /></a><figcaption>A map of Juan de Nova Island and its reefs.</figcaption></figure> <p>Juan de Nova<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is located in the Mozambique Canal, closer to the Madagascar side: 140 kilometres (87 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Tambohorano" title="Tambohorano">Tambohorano</a>, 207 kilometres (129 mi) west-southwest from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tanjona_Vilanandro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanjona Vilanandro (page does not exist)">Tanjona Vilanandro</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_Saint-Andr%C3%A9_(Madagascar)" class="extiw" title="fr:Cap Saint-André (Madagascar)">fr</a>]</span> and 288 kilometres (179 mi) from the African coast. </p><p>The island was created when an underwater promontory of a coral reef emerged when the reef was dismantled by ocean currents, producing a sandy island. The prevailing south-southwest winds form dunes on the island, which, at 10 meters (33 ft) tall, form the island's highest points. </p><p>Its southwest coast is bordered by a coral reef that prevents ships from landing, and the northeast coast consists of a lagoon that becomes sandy and impassable at low tide. There is a single pass that allows access to the island. </p><p>The difficult conditions for accessing the island has caused several <a href="/wiki/Shipwreck" title="Shipwreck">shipwrecks</a>, some of which remain on the Island, including that of the <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Tottenham_(1901)" title="SS Tottenham (1901)">Tottenham</a></i> (nicknamed the Charbonnier), which ran aground in 1911 on the island's southwest coast.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long from east to west, and 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) wide, with an area of approximately 4.8 km<sup>2</sup> (1.9 sq mi). The entire quasi-atoll is 30 kilometres (19 mi) in circumference, with an <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">exclusive economic zone</a> of 61,050 km<sup>2</sup> (23,570 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery_of_the_island_(1501)"><span id="Discovery_of_the_island_.281501.29"></span>Discovery of the island (1501)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Discovery of the island (1501)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TAAF_JuanDeNova83.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The cemetery on Juan de Nova Island." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/TAAF_JuanDeNova83.jpg/220px-TAAF_JuanDeNova83.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/TAAF_JuanDeNova83.jpg/330px-TAAF_JuanDeNova83.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/TAAF_JuanDeNova83.jpg/440px-TAAF_JuanDeNova83.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>The cemetery on Juan de Nova Island.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_da_Nova" title="João da Nova">João da Nova</a>, a Galician admiral in the service of Portugal, came across the uninhabited island in 1501 while he was crossing the Mozambique Channel during an expedition to India. He called it Galega or Agalega (the Galician) in reference to his nationality. The island then came to be named for him, with the Spanish spelling: On subsequent maps it was labeled <i>Johan de Nova</i> on a map by <a href="/wiki/Salvatore_de_Pilestrina" title="Salvatore de Pilestrina">Salvatore de Pilestrina</a> (1519), <i>Joa de Nova</i> (<a href="/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator" title="Gerardus Mercator">Mercator</a>, 1569), <i>San-Christophoro</i> (<a href="/wiki/Abraham_Ortelius" title="Abraham Ortelius">Ortelius</a>, 1570), <i>Saint-Christophe</i> (<a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lislet_Geoffroy" title="Jean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy">Lislet Geoffroy</a>), before finally being dubbed <i>Juan de Nova</i> by the British explorer <a href="/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam_Owen" title="William Fitzwilliam Owen">William Fitzwilliam Owen</a>. Historically, the island was sometimes confused with the nearby island <a href="/wiki/Bassas_da_India" title="Bassas da India">Bassas da India</a>, which is completely covered at high tide.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the island was located along the <a href="/wiki/Spice_trade" title="Spice trade">spice route</a>, it was not of interest to the colonial powers because of its small size and little utility as a stopover. However, it is possible that it served as a refuge for pirates, such as <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Levasseur" title="Olivier Levasseur">Olivier Levasseur</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition_by_France_and_resource_exploitation_(1896–1975)"><span id="Acquisition_by_France_and_resource_exploitation_.281896.E2.80.931975.29"></span>Acquisition by France and resource exploitation (1896–1975)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Acquisition by France and resource exploitation (1896–1975)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TAAF_JuanDeNova89.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A coconut grove on Juan de Nova Island." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/TAAF_JuanDeNova89.jpg/220px-TAAF_JuanDeNova89.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/TAAF_JuanDeNova89.jpg/330px-TAAF_JuanDeNova89.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/TAAF_JuanDeNova89.jpg/440px-TAAF_JuanDeNova89.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A coconut grove on Juan de Nova Island.</figcaption></figure> <p>The island had never been inhabited when it became a possession of France, alongside <a href="/wiki/Europa_Island" title="Europa Island">Europa Island</a> and Bassas da India, in 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time, the only visitors to the island were <a href="/wiki/Malagasy_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Malagasy people">Malagasy</a> fishermen during sea turtles' nesting season. However, around 1900, the island was granted to a Frenchman for a 20-year lease. He initiated the exploitation of the island's <a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">guano</a> deposits, which production reaching 53,000 tons in 1923. A coconut grove on the island also produced 12 tons of <a href="/wiki/Copra" title="Copra">copra</a> per year. </p><p>In 1921, France transferred the administration of Juan de Nova from Paris to <a href="/wiki/Tananarive" class="mw-redirect" title="Tananarive">Tananarive</a> in its <a href="/wiki/French_Madagascar" title="French Madagascar">colony of Madagascar and Dependencies</a>. Then, before the independence of Madagascar, France transferred the administration of the island to <a href="/wiki/Saint-Pierre,_R%C3%A9union" title="Saint-Pierre, Réunion">Saint-Pierre</a> on <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a>. <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a> became independent in 1960, and it has claimed sovereignty over the island since 1972. </p><p>An <a href="/wiki/Aerodrome" title="Aerodrome">airstrip</a> was built on the island in 1934. Guano exploitation continued for several decades, with a pause in activity during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The island was abandoned during the war, and it was visited by German submariners. Installations, including a hangar, rail lines, houses and a jetty are in ruins. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TAAF_JuanDeNova259.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Hector Patureau's house on Juan de Nova Island." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/TAAF_JuanDeNova259.jpg/220px-TAAF_JuanDeNova259.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/TAAF_JuanDeNova259.jpg/330px-TAAF_JuanDeNova259.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/TAAF_JuanDeNova259.jpg/440px-TAAF_JuanDeNova259.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2352" /></a><figcaption>Hector Patureau's house on Juan de Nova Island.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1952, a second concession was granted for 15 years to the Société française des îles Malgaches (SOFIM), led by Hector Patureau. This concession was renewed for 25 years in 1960, after <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>'s independence. Structures were built throughout the island to support the <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphate</a> mining operation, including warehouses, housing, a prison, and a cemetery. </p><p>The workers on the island came mainly from <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>. Working conditions were extremely harsh, with rule-breaking punished by flogging or imprisonment, and each worker had to extract one metric ton of phosphate per day to earn 3.5 rupees. In 1968, Mauritian workers revolted, and the operation's management appealed to the prefect of Réunion for help. The revolt brought government and media attention to abusive practices on the island, including <i><a href="/wiki/Droit_du_seigneur" title="Droit du seigneur">droit du seigneur</a></i> being practiced by one of the foremen, and some members of the staff were fired by SOFIM's president. </p><p>In the 1960s, the price of phosphate collapsed, and the mining operation on the island ceased to be profitable. SOFIM was dissolved in 1968, and the last workers left the island in 1975. The French government retook control of the concession, paying 45 million <a href="/wiki/West_African_CFA_franc" title="West African CFA franc">CFA</a> to Hector Patureau in compensation. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TAAF_JuanDeNova60.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A beach on Juan de Nova Island." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/TAAF_JuanDeNova60.jpg/220px-TAAF_JuanDeNova60.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/TAAF_JuanDeNova60.jpg/330px-TAAF_JuanDeNova60.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/TAAF_JuanDeNova60.jpg/440px-TAAF_JuanDeNova60.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2394" /></a><figcaption>A beach on Juan de Nova Island.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Installation_of_a_weather_station_(1971–1973)"><span id="Installation_of_a_weather_station_.281971.E2.80.931973.29"></span>Installation of a weather station (1971–1973)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Installation of a weather station (1971–1973)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1963, an auxiliary weather installation, called "la Goulette," was installed to carry out regular temperature and pressure readings. But on a visit to the island in 1971, a representative of the Weather Service found numerous irregularities in the readings, as well as poor security on the island, which was still under the responsibility of Patureau. Following the recommendations of the <a href="/wiki/World_Weather_Watch" class="mw-redirect" title="World Weather Watch">World Weather Watch</a>, a basic, year-round weather station was built in 1973 in the southwest part of the island, at the end of the airstrip. </p><p>A project to create a <a href="/wiki/Club_Med" title="Club Med">Club Med</a> tourist resort was proposed by <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Trigano" title="Gilbert Trigano">Gilbert Trigano</a>, which for a time brought a team of workers to the island under the supervision of Hector Patureau, but it was quickly abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_presence_(1974–present)"><span id="Military_presence_.281974.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Military presence (1974–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Military presence (1974–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1974, the French government decided to install military detachments across the <a href="/wiki/Scattered_Islands_in_the_Indian_Ocean" title="Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean">Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean</a> that lay within the Mozambique Channel (Juan de Nova, Europa Island, and the <a href="/wiki/Glorioso_Islands" title="Glorioso Islands">Glorioso Islands</a>). Its aim was primarily to respond to Madagascar's claims to those territories, which France considers protected within an exclusive economic zone. </p><p>Juan de Nova Island was assigned a small garrison of 14 soldiers from the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Infantry_Parachute_Regiment" title="2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment">2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment</a>, as well as a <i>gendarme</i>. They settled in housing that formerly hosted SOFIM workers.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The troops receive supplies by air every 45 days. </p><p>Today, most of the installations from the mining days are in ruins, and only a few buildings are maintained for military use. Upkeep is also performed on the cemetery. The island has been converted into a nature preserve, which aims to protect biodiversity and particularly coral reefs.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is closed to access, with temporary authorization granted to scientists on short-term missions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wrecks">Wrecks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Wrecks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island lies on the sea route between South Africa and the northern tip of Madagascar. It is affected by strong currents and has become the site of numerous wrecks. Most visible are the remains of the <a href="/wiki/SS_Tottenham_(1901)" title="SS Tottenham (1901)">SS <i>Tottenham</i></a> which ran onto the southern fringing reef in 1911. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_resources">Economic resources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economic resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guano">Guano</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Guano"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The presence of a significant bird population on Juan de Nova Island led to a major <a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">guano</a> deposit on the surface of the island. This became the first natural resource to be exploited on the island in the 20th century. This mining operation led to the establishment of the first structures on the island, and the workers also planted coconut trees, whose products were also exported. The exploitation of guano stopped around 1970, after the price of <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphates</a> dropped. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hydrocarbons">Hydrocarbons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Hydrocarbons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2005, a government decree authorized preliminary exploration for liquid or gas <a href="/wiki/Hydrocarbon" title="Hydrocarbon">hydrocarbons</a> offshore. This authorization covers an area of approximately 62,000 square kilometers surrounding the island.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, a subsequent decree granted an exploration permit for the "Juan de Nova Est" field to the companies Nighthawk Energy Plc, Jupiter Petroleum Juan de Nova Ltd, and Osceola Hydrocarbons Ltd, as well as to Marex Inc. and <a href="/wiki/Roc_Oil_Company" title="Roc Oil Company">Roc Oil Company</a> Ltd for the "Juan de Nova Maritime Profond" field. The licensees had to commit to investing around $100 million over five years for mining and research. The eastern boundary of these exploration areas is in contention with Madagascar and its exclusive economic zone. </p><p>In 2015, the drilling authorization was renewed Sapetro and Marex Petroleum for a period of three years.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, these projects have been abandoned since 2019, when the island was classified as a nature reserve. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fauna_and_flora">Fauna and flora</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Fauna and flora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TAAF_JuanDeNovaCimeti%C3%A8re_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A spider of the genus Nephila" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/TAAF_JuanDeNovaCimeti%C3%A8re_09.jpg/150px-TAAF_JuanDeNovaCimeti%C3%A8re_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/TAAF_JuanDeNovaCimeti%C3%A8re_09.jpg/225px-TAAF_JuanDeNovaCimeti%C3%A8re_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/TAAF_JuanDeNovaCimeti%C3%A8re_09.jpg/299px-TAAF_JuanDeNovaCimeti%C3%A8re_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2110" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A spider of the genus <i><a href="/wiki/Nephila" title="Nephila">Nephila</a></i> on Juan de Nova Island.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Juan_de_nova_-_r%C3%A9cifs_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_(26).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A coral reef off Juan de Nova Island." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Juan_de_nova_-_r%C3%A9cifs_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%2826%29.jpg/220px-Juan_de_nova_-_r%C3%A9cifs_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%2826%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Juan_de_nova_-_r%C3%A9cifs_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%2826%29.jpg/330px-Juan_de_nova_-_r%C3%A9cifs_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%2826%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Juan_de_nova_-_r%C3%A9cifs_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%2826%29.jpg/440px-Juan_de_nova_-_r%C3%A9cifs_vues_a%C3%A9riennes_%2826%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2742" /></a><figcaption>Coral reefs are an important part of Juan de Nova Island's biodiversity.</figcaption></figure> <p>Three or four times a year, scientists come to Juan de Nova Island to study its ecosystem. Despite the ongoing scientific efforts, an inventory of the island's biodiversity (particularly genetics) is only in its earliest stages. There is much to be studied. </p><p>Researchers from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Reunion_Island" title="University of Reunion Island">University of Reunion Island</a>'s ECOMAR lab have worked to identify or observe seabirds around the island. In particular, they have worked to study the behavior of 2 million pairs of <a href="/wiki/Tern" title="Tern">terns</a> that have sought refuge on the island, forming the largest colony in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>. </p><p>Pascale Chabanet, of the <a href="/wiki/Institut_de_recherche_pour_le_d%C3%A9veloppement" class="mw-redirect" title="Institut de recherche pour le développement">Institut de recherche pour le développement</a>, says based on their research on the island: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TAAF_JuanDeNova28.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A crab from the Coenobitidae family" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/TAAF_JuanDeNova28.jpg/220px-TAAF_JuanDeNova28.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/TAAF_JuanDeNova28.jpg/330px-TAAF_JuanDeNova28.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/TAAF_JuanDeNova28.jpg/440px-TAAF_JuanDeNova28.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1210" data-file-height="926" /></a><figcaption>A crab from the <a href="/wiki/Coenobitidae" title="Coenobitidae">Coenobitidae</a> family on Juan de Nova Island.</figcaption></figure> <blockquote><p>"The reefs of these deserted and isolated islands like Juan de Nova Island are preserved from all pollution and anthropogenic influence. But they are affected by <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>."</p></blockquote><p>Such environments are useful for scientists to measure to what degree environmental changes are attributable to humans. </p><p>The scientists are also observing and working to mitigate the impact of the presence of <a href="/wiki/Invasive_species" title="Invasive species">invasive species</a> on the island, including <a href="/wiki/Mosquito" title="Mosquito">mosquitoes</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Aedes_aegypti" title="Aedes aegypti">Aedes aegypti</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aedes_fryeri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aedes fryeri (page does not exist)">Aedes fryeri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culex_sitiens" title="Culex sitiens">Culex sitiens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culex_tritaeniorhynchus" title="Culex tritaeniorhynchus">Culex tritaeniorhynchus</a>,</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Mansonia_uniformis" title="Mansonia uniformis">Mansonia uniformis</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Aedes_albopictus" title="Aedes albopictus">Aedes albopictus</a></i>, an invasive Asian species that can carry pathogenic <a href="/wiki/Arbovirus" title="Arbovirus">arbovirus</a>, has also been seen on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Important_Bird_Area">Important Bird Area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Important Bird Area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island has been identified as an <a href="/wiki/Important_Bird_Area" title="Important Bird Area">Important Bird Area</a> by <a href="/wiki/BirdLife_International" title="BirdLife International">BirdLife International</a> because it supports a very large colony of <a href="/wiki/Sooty_tern" title="Sooty tern">sooty terns</a>, with up to 100,000 breeding pairs. It also has a much smaller colony of <a href="/wiki/Greater_crested_tern" title="Greater crested tern">greater crested terns</a> – with at least 50 breeding pairs recorded in 1994. Of at least seven species of land birds present, most are probably <a href="/wiki/Introduced_species" title="Introduced species">introduced</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juan_de_Nova_Island&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island exhibits a tropical savanna climate (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen</a> <i>Aw</i>). A year on the island can be divided into two seasons: the cool season and the rainy season. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Period </th> <th>Temperature </th> <th>Precipitation </th> <th>Humidity </th></tr> <tr> <td>Cool season </td> <td>April to November </td> <td>28.4 <abbr>°C</abbr> (April) to 25 <abbr>°C</abbr> (August) </td> <td>1.9 <abbr>mm</abbr> to 39.6 <abbr>mm</abbr> </td> <td>79% to 66% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rainy season </td> <td>December to March </td> <td>Stable: 28.4 <abbr>°C</abbr> - 28.5 <abbr>°C</abbr> </td> <td>100.7 <abbr>mm</abbr> to 275.8 <abbr>mm</abbr> </td> <td>80% (December) to 83% (February) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Juan de Nova Island </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(90) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(90) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(95) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35<br />(95) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">324<br />(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">289<br />(11.4) </td> <td style="background: #2EFF2E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">140<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(0.8) </td> <td style="background: #E4FFE4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F3FFF3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(0.3) </td> <td style="background: #DDFFDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #2FFF2F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">986<br />(38.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #4E4EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #BABAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">65 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">229.4 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">203.4 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">257.3 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">276.0 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">282.1 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">273.0 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">France</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clipperton_Island" title="Clipperton Island">Clipperton Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands" title="French Southern and Antarctic Lands">French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lie_Land" title="Adélie Land">Adélie Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crozet_Islands" title="Crozet Islands">Crozet Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerguelen_Islands" title="Kerguelen Islands">Kerguelen Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul_and_Amsterdam_Islands" title="Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands">Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Amsterdam" title="Île Amsterdam"> Amsterdam Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Saint-Paul" title="Île Saint-Paul"> Saint Paul Island</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scattered_Islands_in_the_Indian_Ocean" title="Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean">Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bassas_da_India" title="Bassas da India">Bassas da India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_Island" title="Europa Island">Europa Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glorioso_Islands" title="Glorioso Islands">Glorioso Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banc_du_Geyser" title="Banc du Geyser"> Geyser Shoal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Juan de Nova Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tromelin_Island" title="Tromelin 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