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Desnoeufs, sporadically Isle of Noeufs, is a small coral island in the south of Amiranten, a group of islands in the western Indian Ocean. The island is one of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. From Mahé, the main island of the Seychelles, Desnoeufs is almost 310 kilometers away.

The almost square island with an area of approximately 0.35 km ² and an average of over 50 meters wide, sandy beach extends to 5 meters above the sea beyond. It is, however, covered only sparsely and surrounded in the north- east and south by a fringing reef, where there are several small Sandinselchen.

Are located on the north coast of Desnoeufs some buildings (mainly ornithologists ) be used now and then by scientists breed every year millions of seabirds there on the island and the surrounding Cays. However the island was not inhabited year round by humans.