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.