Europa Island is nowhere near Europe. It is a small atoll off East Africa, about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique.
Understand
A French possession since 1897, this tropical, flat island is heavily wooded, and a wildlife sanctuary. It is the site of a small military garrison that staffs a weather station.
Getting there
By plane
There is an unpaved airstrip on the island.
By boat
There are no ports or harbours, anchorage is possible offshore.
Sleep
There is no public accommodation on Europa Island.
Buy
There is no economic activity on Europa Island.
There's no way this little rock was going to get the .eu TLD. It's nominally part of France's .fr domain.
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Europa Island is nowhere near Europe. It is a small atoll off East Africa, about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique.
Understand
A French possession since 1897, this tropical, flat island is heavily wooded, and a wildlife sanctuary. It is the site of a small military garrison that staffs a weather station.
Getting there
By plane
There is an unpaved airstrip on the island.
By boat
There are no ports or harbours, anchorage is possible offshore.
Sleep
There is no public accommodation on Europa Island.
Buy
There is no economic activity on Europa Island.
There's no way this little rock was going to get the .eu TLD. It's nominally part of France's .fr domain.
Contact & location
Be the first one to add a review
The photos displayed on this page are the property of one of the following authors:
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Inas, Tom Holland and Todd VerBeek and Tatatabot, Jake73 and CIAWorldFactbook2002.
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