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The Mozambique Channel is a portion of the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

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 ....
 between the island of Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
 and southeast Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, namely Mozambique
Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest....
. It was a World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 clashpoint during the Battle of Madagascar
Battle of Madagascar

The Battle of Madagascar was the Allies of World War II campaign to capture Vichy France-controlled Madagascar during World War II. It began on 5 May, 1942....
. The channel is approximately 460 kilometers across at its narrowest point between Angoche
Angoche

Angoche is a city of Nampula Province in Mozambique. The city was named Ant?nio Enes until 1976. In administrative terms, since 1998 the city is also a municipality....
, Mozambique, and Tambohorano
Tambohorano

Tambohorano is a town and commune on the west coast of Madagascar approximately 290 kilometres north-west of the capital Antananarivo.. It belongs to the Districts of Madagascar of Maintirano District, which is a part of Melaky Region in Mahajanga Province....
, Madagascar.

The channel reaches a depth of 3,292 meters about 230 kilometers off the coast of Mozambique. A warm current flows in a southward direction in the channel, leading into the Agulhas Current
Agulhas Current

The Agulhas Current is the Western Boundary Current of the South-West Indian Ocean and is part of the westward flowing South Equatorial Current....
 off the east coast of South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
.






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The Mozambique Channel is a portion of the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

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 ....
 between the island of Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
 and southeast Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, namely Mozambique
Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest....
. It was a World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 clashpoint during the Battle of Madagascar
Battle of Madagascar

The Battle of Madagascar was the Allies of World War II campaign to capture Vichy France-controlled Madagascar during World War II. It began on 5 May, 1942....
. The channel is approximately 460 kilometers across at its narrowest point between Angoche
Angoche

Angoche is a city of Nampula Province in Mozambique. The city was named Ant?nio Enes until 1976. In administrative terms, since 1998 the city is also a municipality....
, Mozambique, and Tambohorano
Tambohorano

Tambohorano is a town and commune on the west coast of Madagascar approximately 290 kilometres north-west of the capital Antananarivo.. It belongs to the Districts of Madagascar of Maintirano District, which is a part of Melaky Region in Mahajanga Province....
, Madagascar.

The channel reaches a depth of 3,292 meters about 230 kilometers off the coast of Mozambique. A warm current flows in a southward direction in the channel, leading into the Agulhas Current
Agulhas Current

The Agulhas Current is the Western Boundary Current of the South-West Indian Ocean and is part of the westward flowing South Equatorial Current....
 off the east coast of South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
. It is around 1000 miles(1600 kilometers) long and the width of it varies from 250-600 miles(400-950 kilometers).

Islands in the channel


Comoros

  • Grande Comore
    Grande Comore

    Grande Comore is an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is the largest island in the Comoros nation. Most of its population is of the Comorian ethnic group....
  • Mohéli
    Mohéli

    Moh?li, also known as Mwali, is one of the three islands which make up the nation of Comoros. Moh?li is located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa....
  • Anjouan
    Anjouan

    Anjouan is an autonomous island of the Union of Comoros. The island is located in the Indian Ocean. Its capital is Mutsamudu and its population as of 2006 is about 277,500....


France

  • Mayotte
  • Glorioso Islands
    Glorioso Islands

    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....
  • Juan de Nova Island
    Juan de Nova Island

    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 ....
  • Europa Island
    Europa Island

    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 ....
  • Bassas da India
    Bassas da India

    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....


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