Everything about Juan De Nova Island totally explained
Juan de Nova Island (
French: locally
Île Juan de Nova or officially
Île Juan da Nova) is a 4.4 km² low, flat,
tropical island in the narrowest part of the
Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between
Madagascar and
Mozambique at . Anchorage is possible off the northeast of the island which also has a 1,300-metre-long
airstrip.
Juan de Nova, about six kilometres long and 1.6km at its widest, is a
nature reserve surrounded by reefs which enclose an area (not a true
lagoon like in an
atoll) of roughly 40 km². Forests, mainly of
Casuarinaceae, cover about half the island. Large numbers of
terns (
Sterna fuscata) breed there from November to March.
Turtles nest in the beaches around the island.
The island is named after
João da Nova, a
Galician admiral in the service of
Portugal who came across the island in 1501. It has been a
French possession since 1897.
Guano (
phosphate) deposits were exploited from the start of the 20th century until 1970. The island was abandoned during
World War II and was visited by
German submariners. Installations, including a hangar, rail lines, houses and a jetty are in ruins.
Juan de Nova, with an
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 61,050 km², is claimed by
Madagascar. The island is garrisoned by French troops from
Réunion and has a
meteorological station.
Juan de Nova, in the sea route between
South Africa and the northern tip of Madagascar, is affected by strong currents, and has become the site of numerous wrecks. Most visible are the remains of the
SS Tottenham which ran onto the southern fringing reef in 1911.
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