evidence: The Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands (French: Îles Glorieuses or officially also Archipel des Glorieuses) are a group of islands and rocks totaling 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi). They are controlled by France as part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a French overseas territory, but are also claimed by Comoros, Madagascar and formerly by Seychelles. They are geographically part of the Comoro Islands between the French overseas region of Mayotte and the nation of Madagascar. [...] From 1914 to 1958, concessions to exploit the islands were given to Seychelles companies. The islands are today nature reserves with a meteorological station garrisoned by the French Foreign Legion.[4] Despite the Glorioso Islands never having been a part of the Malagasy Protectorate but a part of the colony of Mayotte and dependencies, then a part of French Comoros, Madagascar has claimed sovereignty over the islands since 1972.[5] The Comoros claims Mayotte and Glorioso Islands.[6] The Seychelles claimed the islands too before the France–Seychelles Maritime Boundary Agreement in 2001. [...] - Glorioso Islands - Indian Ocean atolls of France - Atolls of Seychelles - Atolls of the Comoros - Atolls of Madagascar - Disputed islands of Africa - Archipelagoes of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Territorial disputes of France - Territorial disputes of Madagascar - Territorial disputes of Seychelles - Territorial disputes of the Comoros - Comoros–France relations - France–Madagascar relations - France–Seychelles relations