Islands administered by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans

Islands administered by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans

=Indian Ocean Islands=

The following islands are in the Indian Ocean

*Réunion ( _fr. La Réunion) - (Overseas department and region)
*Mayotte ( _fr. Mayotte) - (Overseas collectivity entitled "departmental collectivity")
*French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: "Terres australes et antarctiques françaises" or "T.A.A.F" or "TAAF")
**Amsterdam Island ( _fr. Île Amsterdam)
**Crozet Islands (French: "Îles Crozet" or officially "Archipel Crozet")
**Kerguelen Islands (French: "Îles Kerguelen" or "Archipel de Kerguelen" or officially "Archipel des Kerguelen" or officially "Archipel Kerguelen")
**Île Saint-Paul ( _fr. Île Saint-Paul)
**Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean ( _fr. Îles Éparses) (none of the five have permanent population)
***Bassas da India (French: "Île Bassas da India" or "Bassas da India")
***Europa Island ( _fr. Île Europa)
***Glorioso Islands (French: "Îles Glorieuses" or officially also "Archipel des Glorieuses")
****Grande Glorieuse
****Île du Lys
****Roches vertes
****Île aux Crabes
***Juan de Nova Island (French: "Île Juan de Nova" or officially "Île Juan da Nova")
***Tromelin Island ( _fr. Île Tromelin)

Pacific Islands

The following islands in the Pacific Ocean:
*New Caledonia ( _fr. Nouvelle-Calédonie)
*French Polynesia ( _fr. Polynésie française)
**Society Islands (French: "Îles de la Société" or officially "Archipel de la Société")
**Windward Islands ( _fr. Îles du Vent)
**Leeward Islands ( _fr. Îles Sous-le-Vent)
**Marquesas Islands (French: "Îles Marquises" or "Archipel des Marquises" or "Marquises")
**Austral Islands (French: "Îles Australes" or "Archipel des Australes")
**Îles Tuamotu-Gambier (French: "Îles Tuamotu-Gambier" or "Archipels des Tuamotu et des Gambier" or "Archipel des Tuamotu-Gambier" or "Tuamotu-Gambier" or officially "la subdivision administrative des (Îles) Tuamotu-Gambier")
***Tuamotus (French: "Îles Tuamotu" or "Archipel des Tuamotu")
***Gambier Islands (French: "Îles Gambier" or "Archipel des Gambier")
*Wallis and Futuna (French: "Wallis et Futuna" or "Wallis-et-Futuna") - (Overseas collectivity)
**Wallis Island
**Futuna Island
**Alofi Island
*Clipperton Island ( _fr. Île de Clipperton) - uninhabited

ee also

* France
* French overseas departments and territories
* Administrative divisions of France
* Politics of France
* Island
* List of islands of France
* French colonial empire


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