List of French islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans
Overseas territories of France
This is a list of French islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Indian Ocean
The following islands are in the Indian Ocean:
- Réunion, overseas department and region
- Mayotte, overseas department and region (also claimed by the Comoros)
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises or TAAF)
- Île Amsterdam
- Crozet Islands
- Kerguelen Islands
- Île Saint-Paul
- Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (French: Îles Éparses) (no permanent populations)
- Banc du Geyser (also claimed by the Comoros)
- Bassas da India (also claimed by Madagascar and Mozambique)
- Europa Island
- Glorioso Islands (also claimed by Madagascar and the Comoros)
- Grande Glorieuse
- Île du Lys
- Roches vertes
- Île aux Crabes
- Juan de Nova Island (also claimed by Madagascar)
- Tromelin Island (also claimed by Mauritius and Seychelles)
Pacific Ocean
The following islands are in the Pacific Ocean:
- New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie), special collectivity
- French Polynesia, overseas country
- Society Islands
- Windward Islands (French: Îles du Vent)
- Leeward Islands (French: Îles Sous-le-Vent)
- Marquesas Islands
- Austral Islands
- Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
- Society Islands
- Wallis and Futuna, overseas collectivity
- Clipperton Island, uninhabited
See also
- French overseas departments and territories
- Administrative divisions of France
- Politics of France
- List of islands of France
- French colonial empire
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
References
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