Conception Island, Seychelles

Island in the Seychelles

Not to be confused with Conception Island, Bahamas.

Conception Island

View from Morne Blanc facing West, Conception Island is in the center

Conception Island

Location of Conception Island in Seychelles

Geography
Location| Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Coordinates| 4°40′S 55°22′E﻿ / ﻿4.667°S 55.367°E﻿ / -4.667; 55.367
Archipelago| Inner Islands, Seychelles
Adjacent to| Indian Ocean
Total islands| 1
Major islands|

* Conception

Area| 0.604 km2 (0.233 sq mi)
Length| 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Width| 0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Coastline| 3.5 km (2.17 mi)
Highest elevation| 131 m (430 ft)
Highest point| Conception
Administration

Seychelles

Group| Granitic Seychelles
Sub-Group| Mahe Islands
Sub-Group| Port Glaud Islands
Districts| Port Glaud
Demographics
Population| 0 (2014)
Pop. density| 0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groups| Creole, French, East Africans, Indians.
Additional information
Time zone|

* SCT (UTC+4)

ISO code| SC-21
Official website| www.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/

Conception Island is a small island (0.603 km2) in the Seychelles 2 km west of Mahé. Conception contained a coconut plantation until the mid-1970s; today it is uninhabited. Conception Island, along with its sister island Thérèse Island, is part of Port Glaud district of Mahé, the main island of the Seychelles.

Recently the island has been created as a wildlife reserve. It is the home of the extremely rare Seychelles white-eye and other birds such as the Seychelles kestrel, Seychelles blue pigeon and the Malagasy turtle-dove. It also has two species of gecko.[1]

## Image gallery

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* Map 1

* District Map

## References

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1. ^ info

## External links

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* Africa portal

* Official Conception Island Guide
* National Bureau of Statistics
* info
* Mahe Map 2015
* Info on the island

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data

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