51F-45-066
Flight 51F; 14S, 45E, 3 Aug 1985
Mayotte Island is part of the Comoro Islands, northwest of Madagascar at the
north end of the Mozambique Channel. It is not a true oceanic island, as it lies
atop the minicontinent that includes Madagascar and the Seychelles. It is located
in a latitude that supports coral reefs, however, and the main island group lies
within an incomplete barrier reef. The island-reef complex is geologically old,
and subsidence of the platform has been too rapid to permit the entire barrier
reef to maintain its growth.
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