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Juan de Nova Island

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Juan de Nova Island is an island in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, about one-third of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique.

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[edit] Understand

Named after a famous 15th century Spanish navigator and explorer, the island has been a French possession since 1897. It has been exploited for its guano and phosphate. Presently a small military garrison oversees a meteorological station.

[edit] Climate

Tropical.

[edit] Landscape

Low and flat.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By plane

There is an unpaved airstrip.

[edit] By boat

[edit] Buy

There is no economic activity on Juan de Nova Island.

[edit] Sleep

There are no public accommodations on Juan de Nova Island.


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