Sèche Island

Sèche Island
Native name: Beacon Island
Nickname: Île Sèche
Sèche Island
Geography
Location Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Coordinates 4°36′S 55°31′E / 4.600°S 55.517°E / -4.600; 55.517Coordinates: 4°36′S 55°31′E / 4.600°S 55.517°E / -4.600; 55.517
Archipelago Inner Islands, Seychelles
Adjacent bodies of water Indian Ocean
Total islands 1
Major islands
  • Sèche
Area 0.02 km2 (0.0077 sq mi)
Length 0.16 km (0.099 mi)
Width 0.11 km (0.068 mi)
Coastline 0.63 km (0.391 mi)
Highest elevation 30 m (100 ft)
Highest point Beacon peak
Administration
Group Granitic Seychelles
Sub-Group Mahe Islands
Sub-Group St. Anne Islands
Districts Mont Fleuri
Demographics
Population 0 (2014)
Pop. density 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups Creole, French, East Africans, Indians.
Additional information
Time zone
ISO code SC-18
Official website www.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/

Île Sèche is an islet in Seychelles.

It lies 1.5 km of the eastern point of Sainte Anne Island, and 7.5 km from Mahe. and reaches an elevation of 30 meters. Small, rocky, boulder-strewn and uninhabited, it is the nesting ground of sea-gulls. The island is a granite rock on top of which some low growing trees.

The tiny island is also known as Beacon island.

About 2.15 km to its south lies some granite rocks called Harrison Rocks, 0.30 acres in size.

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