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Brief History. The island takes its name from the British ship Europa which visited it in 1774. It has been a possession of France since 1897, but is also claimed by Madagascar. Ruins and graves on Europa island attest to several attempts at settlement from the 1860s to the 1920s. Its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is contiguous with that of Bassas da India, is 127,300 km². The island, garrisoned by a detachment from Réunion, has a meteorological station and is visited by scientists.

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Local name: Ile Europa

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Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Government: possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands

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Land size: 28 sq km

Topography: low and flat

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