During our transit of the Mozambique Channel we will pass 2 small Islands; Bassas da India and Ile Europa. Europa Island is a nature reserve and host to migratory seabirds. It is one of the world's largest nesting sites for green turtles (Chelonia mydas). It is also home to goats introduced by settlers in the late 18th century. The island takes its name from the British ship Europa, which visited it in 1774. It has been a possession of France since 1897, but is also claimed by Madagascar. Ruins and graves on Europa Island attest to several attempts at settlement from the 1860s to the 1920s.
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