found: Work cat.: 68076552: Mission scientifique à l'île Europa, 1966.
found: GEOnet names server, Oct. 6, 2015(Île Europa (approved); variants: Europa; Europa Island; island; 22°20ʹ00ʺS, 040°22ʹ00ʺE (-22.333333, 40.366667); also Europa Island (conventional); Île Europa (approved); dependent political entity, 22°22ʹ00ʺS, 040°22ʹ00ʺE (-22.366667, 40.366667))
found: Email from Marcus Allsup, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Oct. 6, 2015("I do not believe that Île Tromelin or any of the Îles Éparses are dependent political entities, and should be reclassified as islands associated with the French Southern and Antarctic Lands territory. We will present the proposed changes to the the next meeting of the Foreign Names Committee (FNC) of the BGN to be held this December. Changes of this type, regarding political status, require approval of the FNC before modifications can be made in the GNS.")
found: CIA The world factbook online, Oct. 6, 2015(under French Southern and Antarctic Lands: In February 2007, the Iles Eparses became an integral part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF); Iles Eparses, consists of five scattered tropical islands around Madagascar: Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, Tromelin Island; Europa Island (Iles Eparses): 22°20ʹS, 40°22ʹE)
found: The French Southern and Antarctic Lands geography and administrative status, via TAAF website, October 5, 2015(The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) are an overseas territory which has been created in 1955 and which comprises the Crozet and Kerguelen archipelagos, the islands of Saint-Paul and Amsterdam, the Adélie Land on the Antarctic continent, and, since 2007, the Scattered Islands (Europa, Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Bassas da India and Tromelin))
found: Wikipedia, Oct. 6, 2015(Europa Island (French: Île Europa) 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 1897, but is also claimed by Madagascar. 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; 22°22ʹ06ʺS 40°21ʹ48ʺE)
