Curieuse
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Seychelles | |
| Geographical location | 4 ° 16 '58 " S , 55 ° 43' 28" E | |
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| length | 3.6 km | |
| width | 1.6 km | |
| surface | 2.93 km² | |
| Residents | 7th (2014) 2.4 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Anse St. Jose | |
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Curieuse is an island in the Seychelles and, like all granite islands, is part of the inner Seychelles around the main island of Mahé . It is only about one kilometer from Praslin . It is the fifth largest in the inner Seychelles.
Curieuse is three square kilometers, has no infrastructure to speak of and is therefore only inhabited by a few people. Previously, it was because of their red soil as Ile Rouge called and served in the 19th century as Aussätzigenlager for leprosy -Kranke.
Today Curieuse houses a small research station for turtles and other typical Seychelles flora and fauna such as mangrove forests and Seychelles giant tortoises .
Curieuse and the Curieuse Baie south to form the National Park Curieuse Marine National Park .
Besides Praslin, Curieuse is the only island on which the Seychelles palm Coco de Mer is endemic. Since the water between the two islands is sometimes very shallow - there are “connecting points” that are consistently only a few meters deep (<10 m water depth) - it is reasonable to assume that Curieuse was once a part of Praslin.
The island is regularly visited by day tourists.
Picture gallery
Aerial view of the island of Curieuse
Giant tortoises on the island of Curieuse
Beach on the island of Curieuse
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