Cerf Island

The Ile au Cerf (English Cerf Iceland, dt "Deer Island" ) is a 1.27 -square-kilometer island of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

The privately owned Ile au Cerf is located 4 kilometers off the northeast coast of the main island of Mahé, with its capital Victoria and 2 kilometers south of the island of Sainte Anne and has except tropical rainforest several beaches. The highest elevation is 108 meters above the sea. To the west of the island are three hotel facilities, Cerf Iceland Marine Park Resort, Fairy Tern Chalets and L' Habitation, and the Kapok Tree restaurant. In addition, around 100 locals living on the island. A good 60 meters southeast of Ile Aux Cerf, the small island Ile Cachée is (2.1 hectares). At low tide they can be reached on foot.

The Ile au Cerf is to Sainte Anne, the second largest island of the Sainte Anne Marine National Park belonging Archipelago and belongs to the district of Mont Fleuri.

The island is not to be confused with the same name uninhabited island Cerf Iceland / Ile au Cerf in the extreme south of Providence Atoll at 9 ° 31 ' 19 " S, 50 ° 59 ' 2" O- 9.521944444444450.983888888889 and belonging to Mauritius Ile aux Cerfs.