Roches Vertes
Roches Vertes is in French Southern and Antarctic Lands.Places of Interest
Highlights include Glorioso Islands and Grande Glorieuse.
Glorioso Islands
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Glorioso Islands are a small atoll in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, near Madagascar, part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
Grande Glorieuse
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands are a group of islands and rocks totaling 5 square kilometres. They are controlled by France as part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a French overseas territory, but are also claimed by Comoros, Madagascar and formerly by Seychelles. Grande Glorieuse is situated 4 km west of Roches Vertes.
Roches Vertes
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Verte Rocks”
- Category: landform
- Location: French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-11.57101° or 11° 34′ 16″ southLongitude
47.33151° or 47° 19′ 53″ eastOpen location code
5HW9C8HJ+HJGeoNames ID
1024036
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