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A search for a missing kayaker in the Strait of Juan de Fuca was suspended Wednesday morning after extensive efforts by multiple agencies failed to locate him.

The islands are "scattered" across the Mozambique Channel and western Indian Ocean, said France 24. They include Bassas da India, Europa, Juan de Nova, Tromelin and the Glorioso Islands.

“Europa Island saw very little activity, and what it did have was episodic,” said Samuel Sanchez, a professor of history at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. “But Juan de Nova had ...

The Îles Éparses (Scattered Islands) – Tromelin, Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Bassas da India ... Each island gives France control over 200 nautical miles of surrounding waters.

Mayotte is claimed by Comoros, while three of the Scattered Islands (Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, and Bassas da India) are contested by Madagascar, and the island of Tromelin by Mauritius.

When Juan Gomez-Perales heard an island on Lambs Lake in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County was up for sale around a year ago, he knew he wanted to preserve it.