Ubicación: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar

Cordenadas Geograficas: 20 17 S, 57 33 E

Referencias en el mapa: World

Area:
total: 1,860 sq km
land: 1,850 sq km
water: 10 sq km
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues

Area - comparativo: almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC

Fronteras: 0 km

Costa: 177 km

Demandas Maritimas:
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Clima: tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)

Terreno: small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau

Extremos de Elevación:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Piton 828 m

Recursos Naturales: arable land, fish

Uso de Tierras:
arable land: 49%
permanent crops: 3%
permanent pastures: 3%
forests and woodland: 22%
other: 23% (1993 est.)

Tierras Irrigadas: 170 sq km (1993 est.)

Peligros Naturales: cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards

Ambiente - asuntos actuales: water pollution

Ambiente - acuerdos internacionales:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements