Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean

The Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean ( 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  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  in the western Indian Ocean. There is considerable overlap of the EEZ with the neighbouring states.

Category:2007 establishments in Africa
Category:2007 establishments in France
Category:Islands of France
Category:Islands of Africa
Category:Madagascar
Category:French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Category:Atolls
Category:Indian Ocean
Category:Dependent territories
Category:Territorial disputes
Category:Uninhabited islands