Nosy Mangabe

Nosy Mangabe is a small island in the Baie d' Antongil and is located approximately two miles southeast of downtown Maroantsetra on the northeast coast of Madagascar. It is the northernmost and by far the largest of eleven -mile long island chain to Nosy Mangabe ranges from Nosy Milomboka in the south via Nosy Nosy Haramy and Ravina in the north and the five islands counts. You can see the 520 -acre island, which completely speciale of the 1965 Reserve de furnished Nosy Mangabe is taken, consult Maroantsetra with boats. The island was in the early modern period, a trading post and a hiding place for pirates. Testify rock carvings in the Dutch language in the 16th century.

Geography and Nature

Nosy Mangabe is part of the National Park Masoala and covered by tropical rainforest. On the island lives among other things, introduced there lemur aye-aye ( Aye -aye ), which is nocturnal. Therefore, recommended for observation of the animals one night in the simple camp on the island, which is available to biologists, researchers and eco-tourists are available.

Other species on the island are among others the Skink Amphiglossus astrolabi, the frog Mantella laevigata Madagascar stained and also introduced Weißkopfmaki.

The British science fiction author Douglas Adams wrote, together with the British zoologist Mark Carwardine the book Last Chance to See, which was also released in Germany with the title The Last of its kind and served as a template for a TV movie series. The wildlife of Nosy Mangabe is part of the documentation.

Archeology

On the island there are settlement residues which are dated to the 8th century and are among the oldest archaeological finds of Madagascar. In addition to the remains of pottery and iron slag and shards of objects from chlorite and white, glazed ceramics were found, which probably originate from the Far East. In the uppermost deposits occur on finds from the early modern period, including Chinese ceramics and legacies of Dutch seafarers.