Moyenne
| Île Moyenne | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Seychelles | |
| Geographical location | 4 ° 37 '11 " S , 55 ° 30' 32" E | |
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| length | 480 m | |
| width | 300 m | |
| surface | 8.9 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
| main place | (Maison Moyenne) | |
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Moyenne [mwajɛn] ( French moyenne , mean ') is an island in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean . It is located 4.5 km north of the island of Mahé , on which the capital of the Seychelles, Victoria , is located. Moyenne has an area of 0.089 km² and is no longer continuously inhabited after the death of the former owner. The island, like the other islands of the Sainte Anne Marine National Park, belongs to the administrative district of Mont Fleuri .
Usage and history
Before its current use, the island was not regularly inhabited from around 1915 until the 1970s and was almost completely cleared during the colonial period . It was bought by British journalist Brendon Grimshaw in 1962 for around 8,000 to 10,000 British pounds . After his job as editor of various English newspapers in the former British colonies had given up in Africa and moved his residence to complete Moyenne he began, the island with the help of the locals René Antoine Lafortune again reforest . In this context, around 16,000 trees, including over 40 endemic species such as the Coco de Mer , were planted on the formerly dry island, which was only covered by sparse bushes .
Moyenne is part of the Sainte Anne Marine National Park and has been a nature reserve since the 1970s . Under the name Moyenne Island National Park , the island, after long-term efforts by Grimshaw and Lafortune, was raised to the status of an independent national park in 2009 - as of 2011 the smallest independent national park in the world. The island's status as a protected national park is ensured by a specially established foundation , the Moyenne Island Foundation .
In parallel to its status as a reserve, Moyenne is used as a sustainable tourist destination. Apart from a small beach bar , the Jolly Roger Bar , and the opportunity to swim and snorkel in the sea , fauna and flora , as well as an old pirate cemetery, are the island's attractions, which can be explored on various paths.
The island has not been continuously inhabited since Grimshaw passed away in 2012.
Geology & Geography
Moyenne Island, located in the area of the so-called Inner Islands , is of volcanic origin , so it is one of the granite islands .
Directly adjacent are the islands of Round Island (a former leper colony on which an exclusive resort is to be opened) and Long Island (formerly the quarantine island, currently the state prison ).
climate
The climate and weather situation are comparable to that of the main island of Mahé, only 4.5 km away .
Flora and fauna
Apart from the flora and fauna typical of the Seychelles, the population of Seychelles giant tortoises deserves special mention, which is one of the largest contiguous populations in the world with currently over 100 animals .
Trivia
It keeps the rumor of hidden on the island pirate treasure ; the “Treasure of Labuse”, which was part of the booty of the legendary French corsair La Buse , and which, according to various sources, is now worth around 30 million British pounds. Grimshaw himself invested a lot of time and energy in the search for this treasure in two large and various smaller excavations . He often reported this story to tourists as part of island tours, but he gave up the search for the treasure several years ago.
It is also said, not least through Grimshaw's stories, that the island is haunted by the ghost of a certain Mary Best , an Englishwoman who lived on the island around 1910.
René Antoine Lafortune , adopted son of Grimshaw and temporarily also located on the island, in the early 2000s a cancer succumbed, and on Mahé buried .
Brendon Grimshaw died in July 2012 at the age of 87 in Victoria on the main island of Mahé.
gallery
The Sainte Anne Marine National Park
View of Long Island
See also
literature
- A Grain of Sand: The Story of One Man and an Island . Camerapix, 1997, ISBN 1-874041-33-4 (English).
Web links
- A Grain of Sand - Documentary about Moyenne and Brendon Grimshaw
- [1] released documentation at vimeo
- Book presentation and travel report
- Online version of an article from 2007 that appeared in print magazine NEON
- Entry about Grimshaw on Grimshaworigin.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Quintessential islander Brendon Grimshaw dies at 87. In: nation.sc. Retrieved January 17, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Janis Vougioukas: The old man and his treasure. Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
- ^ Moyenne Island and Brendon Grimshaw. In: Seychelles in January 2003. Vlado Branko, accessed June 29, 2011 .
- ↑ a b c Seychelles travel report 2009: Moyenne - A visit to Brendon Grimshaw. In: Reiseberichte-welt.de. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Moyenne Island now a national park ( Memento from April 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ Moyenne Island now a National Park. In: cerf-resort.com. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ^ A grain of Sand - A man and his Island. In: agrainofsandthefilm.com. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ^ DuMont-Verlag: Richtig Reisen - Seychellen, Cologne 1986, p. 182
- ↑ Moyenne. (No longer available online.) In: seychelles.travel. Archived from the original on August 7, 2014 ; Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
- ^ Round Island Resort. (No longer available online.) In: round-island.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2013 ; Retrieved January 18, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Pirates, ghosts and Robinson Crusoe desolation on Moyenne Island. In: pilotguides.com. Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
