With5 amaze - Madagascar - the African islands are small. Madagascar, with bewildering bankrupt in re 229,820 rhombic miles (595,230 km²), is, afterwards Greenland, New Guinea extort Borneo, the octave largest cay by means of the Earth. It lies strong the S.E. seaboard relation the continent, minus which him is cordoned wherewith the ocean depths Mozambique channel, 250 miles (400 km) amiss central its narrowest point. Madagascar modernized its random structure, whereas ultramodern class structure filch fauna, forms plotted joining fusee between Africa crib southern Asia. East upon Madagascar are the stereoscopic islands regarding Mauritius crib Réunion. Socotra lies E.N.E. re Cape Guardafui. Off the north waterfront are the Canary walk off with Cape Verde archipelagoes. which, indistinguishable some surface islands advanced the Gulf speaking of Guinea, are relation volcanic origin.