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Translation of the Country Name Bassas Da India in Foreign Languages :
باساس دا انديا in Arabic
印度礁 in Chinese
Bassas da India in Dutch
Bassas da India in French
Bassas da India in German
Υφαλος Ινδια in Greek
Bassas da India in Italian
バサスダインディア in Japanese
검사가 인도 바사 in Korean
Bassas da Índia in Portuguese
Бассас-да-Индия in Russian
Bassas da India in SpanishBassas da India
Coordinates: 2129′S 3941′E / -21.483, 39.683
Location of the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean:
1 : Bassas da India
2 : Europa Island
3 : Glorioso Islands
4 : Juan de Nova Island
5 : Tromelin Island
(KM : Comoros, MG : Madagascar, MU : Mauritius, MZ : Mozambique, RE : Runion, YT : Mayotte)
MapBassas da India (also called Basse de Judie) is an uninhabited, roughly circular atoll about 10 km in diameter, which corresponds to a total size (including lagoon) of 80 km. It is located in the southern Mozambique Channel, about half-way between Madagascar (which is 385 km to the east) and Mozambique, and 110 km northwest of Europa Island. It rises steeply from the seabed 3000 m below. The reef rim averages around 100 m across and completely encloses a shallow lagoon that has a maximum depth of 15 m. Its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 123,700 km is contiguous with that of Europa Island.
The atoll consists of ten barren rocky islets, with no vegetation, totalling 0.2 km in area. Those on the north and east sides are 2.1 to 3 m high, and those on the west and south sides 1.2 m. The reef is completely covered by the sea from 3 hours before to 3 hours after high tide. The coastline of the reef measures 35.2 km. The region is subject to cyclones. The atoll has long been a maritime hazard and is the site of numerous shipwrecks.
History
Bassas da India was first recorded by Portuguese explorers in the early 16th century. It was first named Baixo da Judia, "Shoal of Judia". "Judia" was the name of a Portuguese ship that ran aground on this reef. This ship was named "Judia" (Jewess in Portuguese), because its owner was a Jewish trader from Portugal.
Apparently this reef was renamed Bassas da India by subsequent cartographers owing to mistakes in their writing the word "Judia" by confusing letters while copying former maps (Capital "J" changed to "I" and "u" to "n").
In 1897 it became a French possession, later being placed under the administration of a commissioner residing in Runion in 1968.
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