Agalega
- ISS002-E-6834
- 07 June 2001
- 12:26 UTC
Agalega comprises two islands — North Island and South Island — located upon a submarine platform that lies 1,120 km north from Mauritius and 810 km northeast from Madagascar. Its nearest neighbour in the region is Coetivy (in the Seychelles), located 345 km to the north.
The two islands lie within a common shallow fringing reef system that connects them via a narrow neck of a few hundred meters across. The elongated North Island is the largest of the pair, measuring 12.5 km in length and 1.5 km width; the smaller South Island is tear-drop shaped, measuring 7 km in length and 4.5 km in width. The have a combined land area of 27 km². Both islands are extensively vegetated with coconut palm.
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center
