Amirante Islands#Poivre Islands

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The Poivre Atoll belongs to the archipelago of Amiranten and thus to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. The atoll is located about 38 kilometers southwest of Desroches Atoll. Poivre consists of two islands and a small island:

  • Poivre, 1,1 km ²
  • Florentin, 0.024 km ²
  • Ile du Sud, 1.356 km ²

The land area of ​​2.48 km ² is added to ( according to other sources 2.66 km ²). As the only of the islands Poivre is inhabited. A dam that is submerged at high tide, connects the two larger islands. The total area including the Riffplattform measures over 20 km ². There is no distinctly developed and lagoon present. The large, elongated lagoon between the islands of Poivre and Florentin in the north and south, and a fringing reef on the east and west, is very shallow and dries out at low tide.

The atoll was first mentioned in 1771 by the Chevalier du Roslan, who named it after his ship L' Heure du Berger, ' Ile du Berger "(Eng. " Shepherd island "). But in the same year she was the Chevalier de la Biollière, commander of the L' Etoile du Matin, renamed in honor of Pierre Poivre, an extraordinary personality in the waning 18th century.

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