{"id":40,"date":"2020-12-15T07:29:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T07:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goc2020.govmu.org\/oidc\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2021-01-12T10:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T06:16:24","slug":"geographical-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oidc.govmu.org\/oidc\/?page_id=40","title":{"rendered":"Geographical Description"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column css_animation=”slideInRight”][vc_column_text]Description of the Cargados Carajos Group of islands<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Islets<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Approx. Extent (Km2)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Albatross<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile du Nord<\/span><\/div>\n
Puits <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>Eau<\/span><\/div>\n
Poulaillier<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile du Sud<\/span><\/div>\n
Grand Capitaine<\/span><\/div>\n
Petit Capitaine<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Fou<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Mapou<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Perle<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Fr<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>gate<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Sir<\/span>\u00e8<\/span>ne<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile de la Baleine<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Coco<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Paul<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Rapha<\/span>\u00eb<\/span>l<\/span><\/div>\n
Petit Rapha<\/span>\u00eb<\/span>l<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Tortue<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Bouquet<\/span><\/div>\n
Petit Dagorgne<\/span><\/div>\n
Grand Dagorgne<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Longue<\/span><\/div>\n
Avocaire<\/span><\/div>\n
Verronge<\/span><\/div>\n
Ile Courson<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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0.64548<\/span><\/div>\n
0.15264<\/span><\/div>\n
0.33558<\/span><\/div>\n
0.04217<\/span><\/div>\n
0.101140<\/span><\/div>\n
0.01926<\/span><\/div>\n
0.00640<\/span><\/div>\n
0.00234<\/span><\/div>\n
0.00178<\/span><\/div>\n
0.18066<\/span><\/div>\n
0.16999<\/span><\/div>\n
0.08159<\/span><\/div>\n
0.00285<\/span><\/div>\n
0.48454<\/span><\/div>\n
0.34821<\/span><\/div>\n
0.03672<\/span><\/div>\n
0.00391<\/span><\/div>\n
0.01753<\/span><\/div>\n
0.01053<\/span><\/div>\n
0.00686<\/span><\/div>\n
0.01308<\/span><\/div>\n
0.00983<\/span><\/div>\n
0.01162<\/span><\/div>\n
0.00831<\/span><\/div>\n
0.01292<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Many of the islets are mere sandy cays, which tends to change their shape and position after tidal waves or during cyclonic conditions. The main reef, much of which is above water is crescent shaped and extends about 25NM (nautical miles) fro, \u201cPointe Requin\u201d to \u201cPuits <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>Eau\u201d in the North<\/span><\/div>\n
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Population
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The population of the island consists of fishermen and staff of the meteorological services and the National Coast Guard.<\/span><\/div>\n
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[vc_row][vc_column css_animation=”slideInRight”][vc_column_text]Description of the Cargados Carajos Group of islands Islets Approx. Extent (Km2) Albatross Ile du Nord Puits \u00e0 Eau Poulaillier Ile du Sud Grand Capitaine Petit Capitaine Ile Fou Ile Mapou Ile Perle Ile Fr\u00e9gate Ile Sir\u00e8ne Ile de la Baleine Ile Coco Ile Paul Ile Rapha\u00ebl Petit Rapha\u00ebl Ile Tortue Ile Bouquet Petit Dagorgne Grand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidc.govmu.org\/oidc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidc.govmu.org\/oidc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidc.govmu.org\/oidc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oidc.govmu.org\/oidc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oidc.govmu.org\/oidc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oidc.govmu.org\/oidc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/oidc.govmu.org\/oidc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidc.govmu.org\/oidc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}