Île D'Ambre
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Mascarens | |
| Geographical location | 20 ° 2 ′ 13 ″ S , 57 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 2.6 km | |
| width | 2 km | |
| surface | 1.4 km² | |
The Île D'Ambre is located on the north coast of Mauritius . The approximately 140 hectare, rocky island is about 400 m from Mauritius. Many butterflies are native to the island . There is also a large number of indigenous trees such as palm trees , mangroves or the pines and tecoma that are reforested here . The island is part of a nature reserve in Mauritius.
Web links
Commons : Île D'Ambre - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Information about the island (Engl.) ( Memento of 31 December 2011 at the Internet Archive )