Remire
| Remire | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Amiranten | |
| Geographical location | 5 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ S , 53 ° 18 ′ 45 ″ E | |
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| length | 780 m | |
| width | 530 m | |
| surface | 27 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 3 m | |
| Residents | 6th (August 22, 2002) 22 inhabitants / km² |
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Remire , also known as Eagle Island , refers to an island and a coral reef in the western Indian Ocean . The island and the reef belong geographically to the Amiranten , politically to the Outer Islands of the island republic of Seychelles .
description
Remire is the northernmost inhabited island of the Amiranten; it is located about 245 kilometers southwest of Mahé , the main island of the Seychelles. Just under three kilometers to the northeast is the 10 km² large Remire Reef of the same name ( 5 ° 5 ′ S , 53 ° 21 ′ E ).
The name Eagle Island comes from the crew of the English ship of the same name, with which Chevalier de la Biollière explored this and other islands of the archipelago in 1771 . The origin or meaning of the French name is not clear.
The oval island of Remire is lush, but rises barely more than three meters above sea level and has a land area of only 0.27 km².
The guano deposits on Remire were once in great demand. Most of this natural fertilizer was degraded after the First World War .
Since the end of the 20th century there is only one small hotel on the north-west coast of the island. The six people who count as residents live in the hotel and in the immediate vicinity. Remire has a 457 meter long, paved runway ( ICAO code FSSR), which visually divides the island into two almost equally large sectors. Tourists and nature lovers can also come to the island quickly and easily.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean-Louis Guebourg: Les Seychelles on www.books.google.de; Karthalia Editions, 2004, p. 31 (text excerpt), accessed on March 1, 2018.