পূর্ব আফ্রিকান দ্বীপপুঞ্জ ভারত মহাসাগরে আফ্রিকার পূর্ব উপকূলের কাছে অবস্থিত। এর মধ্যে মাদাগাস্কার সবচেয়ে বড় দ্বীপ এবং বন্যপ্রাণীর দিক থেকে একপ্রকার আলাদা মহাদেশ হিসেবে বিবেচিত। অধিকাংশ ছোট দ্বীপ স্বাধীন দেশ অথবা ফ্রান্সের সাথে যুক্ত এবং বিলাসবহুল সমুদ্রসৈকত রিসোর্ট হিসেবে পরিচিত।

দেশ এবং অঞ্চল

East African islands

Madagascar Expect the unexpected in the land of the lemurs and the so-called eighth continent.

Comoros A small island group in the Mozambique Channel and an historic crossroad of cultures.

Mayotte This is a department of France – it voted to remain French when the rest of Comoros became independent.

Mauritius An island with a population mainly descended from Indian indentured labourers.

Réunion This is another department of France, way out in the Indian Ocean.

Seychelles A group of 115 islands northeast of Madagascar and the smallest country in Africa by both area and population.

অন্যান্য দ্বীপপুঞ্জ

• 1 Rodrigues is an outlying island of Mauritius. Réunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues are collectively known as the Mascarene Islands.
• 2 Europa Island is a small atoll with an unpaved airstrip.
• 3 Glorioso Islands are all part of a small atoll with one airstrip and some anchorages.
• 4 Tromelin is administered by France but claimed by Mauritius, but its uninhabited and off-limits as a wildlife reserve.

The islands along Africa's east coast, such as Socotra, Zanzibar, Mafia Island, the Bazaruto Archipelago and Ilha de Mozambique, have natural and cultural similarities to these islands. They are described as part of their respective country.

শহর

• 1 Antananarivo — also known as Tana, is the capital of Madagascar
• 2 Mamoudzou — the largest town in Mayotte
• 3 Moroni — capital and largest city of the Comoros
• 4 Port Louis — the capital of Mauritius
• 5 Saint-Denis — the largest town in Réunion
• 6 Victoria — the capital of the Seychelles and one of the smallest capitals in the world