Anonyme Island
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Anonyme Island is a small granitic island (.096 km²) in the Seychelles
, 700 meters off the east coast of Mahé
. Anonyme is named after a ship of the same name.
It has abundant plant life including ironwood
(bois noir) and banyan
trees. Also several Aldabra giant tortoises make Anonyme their home.
When the international airport on Mahe was being built, explosives needed for construction were stored on Anonyme. Today the island is a privately owned resort with luxury chalets.
Anonyme
Island Group : Inner Islands Group
Area : 0.096 km2
Description
Anonyme Island is only a stone’s throw from the international airport on the main island of Mahé.
Amid numerous ghost stories and tales of fabulous buried treasure, Anonyme plays a colourful role in the folklore of the islands that belies its small size.
Once owned by the St Jorre family who were among Seychelles' earliest settlers, Anonyme was destined to play an important role in the construction of the airport, becoming the chosen location for the storage of the explosives needed to accomplish the task.
Plant life on Anonyme is plentiful upon its area of 9.6 hectares, and the island plays host to rare species of trees such as bois noir (iron wood) as well as a magnificent banyan tree reputed to be more than 100 years old.
Anonyme boasts more than its fair share of bird life, and fruit bats are also to be found along with a number of giant land tortoises. The waters surrounding this tiny island are ideal for snorkelling and the isle commands spectacular views of sunsets and the other neighbouring inner islands.
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
, 700 meters off the east coast of Mahé
Mahé, Seychelles
Mahé is the largest island of the Seychelles, lying in the north east of the nation. The population of Mahé is 80,000. It contains the capital city of Victoria and accommodates 90% of the country's total population...
. Anonyme is named after a ship of the same name.
It has abundant plant life including ironwood
Ironwood
Ironwood is a common name for a large number of woods that have a reputation for hardness. Usage of the name may include the tree that yields this wood...
(bois noir) and banyan
Banyan
A banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree...
trees. Also several Aldabra giant tortoises make Anonyme their home.
When the international airport on Mahe was being built, explosives needed for construction were stored on Anonyme. Today the island is a privately owned resort with luxury chalets.
Anonyme
Island Group : Inner Islands Group
Area : 0.096 km2
Description
Anonyme Island is only a stone’s throw from the international airport on the main island of Mahé.
Amid numerous ghost stories and tales of fabulous buried treasure, Anonyme plays a colourful role in the folklore of the islands that belies its small size.
Once owned by the St Jorre family who were among Seychelles' earliest settlers, Anonyme was destined to play an important role in the construction of the airport, becoming the chosen location for the storage of the explosives needed to accomplish the task.
Plant life on Anonyme is plentiful upon its area of 9.6 hectares, and the island plays host to rare species of trees such as bois noir (iron wood) as well as a magnificent banyan tree reputed to be more than 100 years old.
Anonyme boasts more than its fair share of bird life, and fruit bats are also to be found along with a number of giant land tortoises. The waters surrounding this tiny island are ideal for snorkelling and the isle commands spectacular views of sunsets and the other neighbouring inner islands.