evidence: The Gloriosos Islands are a small atoll in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, near Madagascar. A French possession since 1892, the Glorioso Islands are composed of two lushly vegetated tropical coral islands (Ile Glorieuse and Ile du Lys) and three rock islets. A military garrison operates a weather and radio station on Ile Glorieuse. [...] There is no economic activity in the Gloriosos Islands.