Main articles: and The total land area of the country is 2,040 km 2 (790 sq mi) (about 80% the size of ). It is the in the world by size. The Republic of Mauritius is constituted of and. Spencer Carbine Serial Number Dates. The second largest island is with an area of 108 km 2 (42 sq mi) and situated 560 km (350 mi) to the east of Mauritius, the twin islands of with a total land area of 2,600 hectares (26 km 2; 10 sq mi) are situated some 1,000 km (620 mi) north of Mauritius. Is an archipelago comprising a number of sand-banks, shoals and islets. It is situated some 430 km (270 mi) north-east of Mauritius and is mostly used as a fishing base by the Raphael Fishing Company Limited. The nation's (EEZ) covers about 2.3 million square kilometres (890,000 sq mi) of the Indian Ocean, including approximately 400,000 km 2 (150,000 sq mi) jointly managed with the.