Booby Island, Seychelles

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Booby Island
Nickname: Ile Aux Fous
Geography
Location Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Archipelago Inner Islands, Seychelles
Adjacent bodies of water Indian Ocean
Total islands 1
Major islands
  • Booby     
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Length 0.17 km (0.106 mi)
Width 0.16 km (0.099 mi)
Coastline 0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Highest elevation 30 m (100 ft)
Sovereign state
Group Inner Islands
Sub-Group Granitic Seychelles
Sub-Group Praslin Islands
Districts Grand'Anse Praslin
Demographics
Demonym Creole
Population 0 (as of 2014)
Density 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups Creole, French, East Africans, Indians.
Additional information
Time zone
Official website www.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/
ISO Code = SC-14


Booby is an island in Seychelles, lying north of Praslin and south of Aride Island. It has an area of 2.3 hectares. Booby Island is a high granite rock, densely covered with tropical vegetation. The name of the island was given through numerous flocks of boobies that nest on the island. the island is uninhabited.

Tourism

The island is visited by tourists for its wide variety of underwater creatures like fish, sharks and rays.

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