The
Glorieuses or
Glorioso Islands ( or officially also
Archipel des Glorieuses) are a group of
French islands and rocks totalling , at , in the northern Mozambique channel, about northwest of
Madagascar. In 2012, France founded
parc naturel marin des Glorieuses, a
marine protected area, to preserve the endangered flora and fauna of the islands. The Glorieuses have an
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of . There are anchorages offshore, and Grande Glorieuse has a long
airstrip.