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    Moyenne Island

    Île Moyenne

    4°37′S 55°31′E

    9-hectare (24-acre) island in the Sainte Anne Marine National Park off the northeast coast of Mahé, Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Since the 1970s it has been a flora and fauna reserve.

    The Sainte Anne Marine National Park off Mahé Island, Seychelles. Picture shows the Moyenne Island.
    The Sainte Anne Marine National Park off Mahé Island, Seychelles. Picture shows the Moyenne Island.

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    Terrain

    4°37′S 55°31′E

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    Overview

    Moyenne Island is a 9.9-hectare (24-acre) island in the Sainte Anne Marine National Park off the northeast coast of Mahé, Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Since the 1970s it has been a flora and fauna reserve. From 1915 until the 1960s, the island was abandoned until its purchase by Brendon Grimshaw, a newspaper editor from Dewsbury in Yorkshire, England, for £8,000. Grimshaw and Rene Lafortune, a local Seychellois man, were the only inhabitants of the island until Grimshaw's death in July 2012. The island is now a national park and can be visited as part of organized trips.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Granitic Seychelles

    Also in Inner Islands

    Also in Seychelles

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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