Glorioso Islands
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The Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands are a group of islands and rocks totaling 5 square kilometres. They are controlled by France as part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean in the French South
The Glorioso Islands seen from the ISS, 2001. Grande Glorieuse (left) and Île du Lys (right)
Island overview
Mayotte
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Mayotte, officially the Department of Mayotte, is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is one of the overseas departments of France as well as one of the
Glorioso Islands
…claimed by Comoros, Madagascar and formerly by Seychelles. They are geographically part of the Comoro Islands between the French overseas region of Mayotte and the nation of Madagascar. The archipelago consists of two islands, Grande Glorieuse () and Île du Lys, and two rock islands, Roches Vertes and Île…
Dziani lake is the result of an ancient volcano that went extinct approximately 500,000 years ago.
Coral reef at low tide at M'Bouzi island
Riparian forest with great mango trees
Andriantsoly, the last sultan of Mayotte, from 1832 to 1843