Bertaut Reef

Bertaut Island

Bertaut Island Location of Bertaut Island in Seychelles
Geography
Location	Indian Ocean
Coordinates	05°39′S 53°14′E / 5.650°S 53.233°ECoordinates: 05°39′S 53°14′E / 5.650°S 53.233°E
Archipelago	Seychelles
Adjacent bodies of water	Indian Ocean
Total islands	1
Major islands	Bertaut Island
Area	0.003 km^2 (0.0012 sq mi)
Length	0.07 km (0.043 mi)
Width	0.04 km (0.025 mi)
Coastline	0.2 km (0.12 mi)
Highest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Administration
Seychelles
Group	Outer Islands
Sub-Group	Amirante Islands
Districts	Outer Islands District
Demographics
Demonym	Creole
Population	0 (2014)
Pop. density	0 /km^2 (0 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Creole, French, East Africans, Indians.
Additional information
Time zone	SCT (UTC+4)
Official website	www.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/outer-islands
ISO Code = SC-26

Bertaut Island is an island in Seychelles, lying in the Outer Islands of Seychelles, with a distance of 271 kilometres (168 miles) south of Victoria, Seychelles.

Geography

Bertaut Reef is about 25 kilometres (16 miles) SSW of St. Joseph Atoll and 13.5 kilometres (8.4 miles) north of Poivre Atoll. Desroches Island is 50 kilometres (31 miles) to the east. The reef measures 8.4 kilometres (5.2 miles) northwest-southeast, and is up to 3.4 kilometres (2.1 miles) wide in the southeastern part, and up to 2.7 kilometres (1.7 miles) in the northwestern part. It covers an area in excess of 20 km². Only in the south and southeast waves break over a shallow reef edge. Bertaut Reef has a small uninhabited and unvegetated sand cay on its southern part, with an area of about 3000 m². The reef is steep-to and the sea breaks heavily over its edge.

Administration

The island belongs to Outer Islands District.^[1]

Image gallery

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  Map 1

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  District Map

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  NASA image

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  Sat image

External links

• 2010 Sailing directions

References

1. District map