Europa island is a28-square-kilometre low-lying tropical atoll in the Mozambique Channel, abouta third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique. The island had never been inhabited until 1820, when the french family Rosier moved to it. The island officially became a possession of France in 1897.
The island has a weather station and is visited by scientists. Though uninhabited, it is part of the "Scattered islands" (Îles Éparses), of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands administrative region.
