Glorioso Islands — De Facto Map

Glorioso Islands — Glorioso Islands · Claimed by Madagascar and the Comoros · France.

Interactive de facto map of Glorioso Islands, a territory of France. Grande Glorieuse, Île du Lys and their reefs north of Madagascar, with a garrison of some fifteen French soldiers; France counts the Geyser reef with them. The Comoros claim them too, alongside Mayotte. One of the Îles Éparses, the "Scattered Islands" France has held round Madagascar since 1896–97 and kept when Madagascar became independent in 1960; they are now a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Madagascar has claimed them since 1972, with UN General Assembly backing since 1979. A joint commission met in 2019 and again in June 2025, after Emmanuel Macron told Antananarivo that France would not hand the islands back but would manage them jointly; the two sides agreed only that a dispute exists. Explore Glorioso Islands on the map alongside the other overseas holdings of France, drawn as they are administered on the ground.