Africa : East Africa : Europa Island
Europa Island
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.
Get in
By plane
There is an unpaved airstrip on the island.
By boat
There are no ports or harbours, anchorage is possible offshore.
Get around
Buy
There is no economic activity on Europa Island.
Sleep
There are no public accommodations on Europa Island.
Stay safe
Stay healthy
Contact
There's no way this little rock was going to get the .eu TLD. It's nominally part of France's .fr domain.
This page was last edited at 20:12, on 5 February 2007 by Wikitravel user Jake73. Based on work by Tom Holland and Todd VerBeek and Wikitravel user(s) CIAWorldFactbook2002.