The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia ; on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean ....
The Crozet Islands are a sub-antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.... ( or officially Archipel Crozet)
The Kerguelen Islands , also known as Desolation Island, is a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a territory of France. They are Antipodes to an area between where Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana meet in North America.... ( or Archipel de Kerguelen or officially Archipel des Kerguelen or officially Archipel Kerguelen)
?le Saint-Paul is an island forming part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean, with an area of 6 km? . It is located about southwest of the larger ?le Amsterdam, and south of R?union....
The Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean consist of four small coral islands and an atoll in the Indian Ocean. They have no permanent population.... (none of the five have permanent population)
Bassas da India is an uninhabited, roughly circular atoll about 10 km in diameter, which corresponds to a total size of 80 km?. It is located in the southern Mozambique Channel, about half-way between Madagascar and Mozambique, and 110 km northwest of Europa Island.... ( or )
Europa Island is a 28 km? low-lying tropical island in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique, at ....
The Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands are a group of France islands and rocks totalling 5 km? , at , in the northern Mozambique channel, about 160 km northwest of Madagascar.... ( or officially also Archipel des Glorieuses)
Juan de Nova Island is a 4.4 km? low, flat, tropical island in the narrowest part of the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique at .... ( or officially Île Juan da Nova)
Tromelin Island is a low, flat 0.8 km? island in the Indian Ocean, about 350 km east of Madagascar Tromelin is a low, scrub-covered sandbank about 1,700 metres long and 700 m wide, surrounded by coral reefs....
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan.... :
New Caledonia , is a "sui generis collectivity" of France located in the subregion of Melanesia in the Oceania. It comprises a main island , the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands....
French Polynesia is a France overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory ....
The Society Islands are a group of islands in the south Pacific Ocean. They are an administrative part of French Polynesia. The archipelago is generally believed to have been named by Captain James Cook in honor of the Royal Society, the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands; however, Cook states in his journal th... ( or officially Archipel de la Société)
The Windward Islands are the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean....
The Leeward Islands are part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Oceania. The archipelago comprises an Administrative divisions of French Polynesia of French Polynesia....
The Marquesas Islands are a group of volcano islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Marquesas are located at 9? 00S, 139? 30W.... ( or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises)
The Austral Islands are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Oceania. Geographically, the Austral Islands consist of two separate archipelagos.... ( or )
The ?les Tuamotu-Gambier geographically consist of the Tuamotus and the Gambier Islands which are geographically located closely together.Because of a difference between administrative districts and electoral circumscriptions on the ?les Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia has 5 administrative subdivisions , but 6 electoral districts/elector... ( or Archipels des Tuamotu et des Gambier or Archipel des Tuamotu-Gambier or Tuamotu-Gambier or officially la subdivision administrative des (Îles) Tuamotu-Gambier)
The Tuamotus or the Tuamotu Archipelago are a chain of atolls in French Polynesia and the largest chain of atolls in the world, spanning an area of the Pacific Ocean roughly the size of Western Europe.... ( or )
The Gambier Islands are a small group of islands in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago. They are generally considered a separate island group from Tuamotu both because their culture and language are much more closely related to those of the Marquesas Islands, and because, while the Tuamotus compr... ( or )
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands , is a Polynesian French island territory in the Oceania between Fiji and Samoa.... ( or ) - (Overseas collectivity)
Futuna is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas departments and territories of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Hoorn Islands or ?les Horne, nearby Alofi Island being the other....
Alofi is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas departments and territories of Wallis and Futuna. It is virtually uninhabited , and under the chief of Alo on Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna, but in pre-European times it was as densely populated as Futuna, which would have been a population of almost 1900....
Clipperton Island is a nine-square-kilometre coral atoll in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, southwest of Mexico and west of Costa Rica, at . It has no permanent inhabitants.... - uninhabited
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
The French Overseas Departments and Territories consist broadly of France-administered territories outside of the European continent. These territories have varying legal status and different levels of autonomy, although all have representation in the Parliament of France , and the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament....
Metropolitan France As of January 1, 2008, metropolitan France is divided into:* 22 Regions of France * the regions are subdivided into 96 Departments of France...
The Politics of France take place in a framework of a semi-presidential system representative democracy republic, whereby the President of France is head of state and the Prime Minister of France head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system....
