Europa Island is a 28 km² low-lying tropical atoll in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique. The island has been a possession of France since 1896. The island, garrisoned by a detachment from Réunion, has a weather station and is visited by scientists. Though uninhabited, it is part of the "Scattered Islands" of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands administrative region.
Le cachet postal utilisé sur cette jolie petite lettre confirme l'appartenance d'Europa aux îles Eparses.
Enfin, le cachet apposé par le vaguemestre d'Europa (merci beaucoup!) nous présente la silhouette de l'île associée à une tortue marine et à un oiseau, une frégate :
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