Hodoul Island

Uninhabited island in Seychelles

Hodoul Island

Nickname: Île Hodoul

Hodoul Island

Geography
Location| Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Coordinates| 4°37′30″S 55°27′10″E﻿ / ﻿4.62500°S 55.45278°E﻿ / -4.62500; 55.45278
Archipelago| Inner Islands, Seychelles
Adjacent to| Indian Ocean
Total islands| 1
Major islands|

* Hodoul

Area| 0.009 km2 (0.0035 sq mi)
Length| 0.2 km (0.12 mi)
Width| 0.05 km (0.031 mi)
Coastline| 0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Highest elevation| 4 m (13 ft)
Administration

Seychelles

Group| Granitic Seychelles
Sub-Group| Mahe Islands
Sub-Group| Mahe Port Islands
Districts| English River
Demographics
Ethnic groups| Creole, French, East Africans, Indians.
Additional information
Time zone|

* SCT (UTC+4)

ISO code| SC-16
Official website| www.puc.sc

Hodoul Island is an uninhabited island in Seychelles, lying in the center of the Victoria port. The island belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles.

## History[edit]

The island was named after the corsair Jean-François Hodoul. In 1875, Dr. Henry Brooks of Seychelles rented it to store coal. He kept about 2,000 tons of coal there until 1940.

During 1995–2005, Hodoul Island served as a storage site for explosives for the Mahe port reclamation project. [1]

In 2016, a new casino was opened on the west point of the island.

## Administration[edit]

The island belongs to English River District.[2]

## Facilities[edit]

The island has a 500 m2 guesthouse on the east point, and a 600 m2 casino on the west point.[3]

## Image gallery[edit]

* Map 1

* District Map

## References[edit]

1. ^ info on the island
2. ^ District map
3. ^ "Island development info" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-04-03.

## External links[edit]

* Africa portal

* info
* Mahe Map 2015
* info on the island

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