Tromelin Island
• 1 : Bassas da India
• 2 : Europa Island
• 3 : Glorioso Islands
• 4 : Juan de Nova Island
• 5 : Tromelin Island
(KM : Comoros, MG : Madagascar, MU : Mauritius, MZ : Mozambique, RE : Réunion, YT : Mayotte)
Tromelin Island IPA: [troʊmˈlæn ʕaɪlənd] (French: Île Tromelin /il tʀɔmlɛ̃/) is a low, flat one km² island in the Indian Ocean, about 350 km east of Madagascar (Geographic coordinates ). There are no harbours or anchorages and access by sea is difficult. The island has a 1,000-metre airstrip.
The island was first recorded by a French navigator in 1722. It takes its name from the chevalier de Tromelin, captain of the French warship La Dauphine, who visited the island in 1776. Tromelin Island was occupied by France in 1954, but it is claimed by Mauritius. The island the site of a shipwreck in 1761 when a French ship, the Utile, carrying slaves from Madagascar to Mauritius ran onto the reefs of the island. The crew reached Madagascar in a raft, abandoning some 60 slaves on the desert island. Fifteen years later, the chevalier de Tromelin rescued the survivors — seven women and an eight-month-old child.
Tromelin has an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 280,000 km², contiguous with that of Réunion. The island's weather station, which warns of cyclones, is manned by meteorologists from Réunion.
| Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean |
| Bassas da India · Europa Island · Glorioso Islands · Juan de Nova Island · Tromelin Island |
Overseas departments1
Guadeloupe2 •French Guiana •Martinique •Réunion
Overseas communities | Special status
Mayotte3 •French Polynesia4 •Saint-Pierre and Miquelon5 • Wallis and Futuna6 | New Caledonia
Uninhabited lands
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Amsterdam Island • Saint-Paul Island • Crozet Islands • Kerguelen Islands • Adélie Land • Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean) •
Clipperton (French Polynesia)
1 These overseas departments are also overseas regions (régions d'outre-mer). 2 Guadeloupe currently includes Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin which in 2003 voted to become separate overseas communities (collectivités d'outre-mer) ; the change will be implemented in early 2007. 3 "Departmental community" (collectivité départementale). 4 "Overseas country" (Pays d'outre-mer). 5 "Territorial community" (collectivité territoriale). 6 Territory (territoire).
| Territories under European sovereignty but closer to continents other than Europe (see inclusion criteria for further information) | |
| Denmark | Greenland |
| France | Clipperton Island • French Guiana • French Polynesia • French Southern and Antarctic Lands • Guadeloupe • Martinique • Mayotte • New Caledonia • Réunion • Saint-Pierre and Miquelon • Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean • Wallis and Futuna |
| Italy | Pantelleria • Pelagie Islands |
| Netherlands | Aruba • Netherlands Antilles |
| Norway | Bouvet Island |
| Portugal | Azores • Madeira |
| Spain | Ceuta • Melilla • Plazas de soberanía • Canary Islands |
| United Kingdom | Anguilla • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Falkland Islands • Montserrat • Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha • Turks and Caicos Islands • British Indian Ocean Territory • Pitcairn Islands • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
Categories
French overseas departments, territories and collectivities | Indian Ocean atolls | Disputed islands | Tromelin | Islands | Geography of Mauritius