Sainte Anne Marine National Park
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Sainte Anne Marine National Park
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| location | Seychelles, Mont Fleuri district | |
| surface | 14.43 km² | |
| Geographical location | 4 ° 37 ′ S , 55 ° 30 ′ E | |
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| Setup date | 1973 | |
| administration | Marine Park Administration | |
The Sainte Anne Marine National Park ( Sainte Anne Marine National Park ) was founded in 1973 in the state territory of the Seychelles , more precisely the administrative district of Mont Fleuri . Today the park is known and appreciated by tourists for its rich, partly endemic fauna and flora, and it is a popular diving and snorkeling area .
Location and geography
The park comprises six small islands as well as reefs and bodies of water and is located approximately 5 km from the main island of the Seychelles, Mahé , in the Indian Ocean .
The park consists of the following islands:
- Ste. Anne Island , 2.19 km², on which the luxury hotel Sainte Anne Island Resort is located. The island was the place of the first settlement of the Seychelles and served in the past both as a whaling station and (during World War II ) as a naval base for the British Navy ,
- Île au Cerf , 1.27 km², on which there are three hotels ( Cerf Island Marine Park Resort , Fairy Tern Chalets and L'Habitation ) and the Kapok Tree restaurant with around 100 inhabitants ,
- the next to the Cerf Island preferred Ile Cachée , 0.021 square kilometers, a breeding ground for seabirds ,
- Round Island , 0.018 km², a former leper colony, on which an exclusive resort was opened in 2011,
- Long Island , 0.212 km², former quarantine island on which the state prison is currently located,
- Moyenne , 0.089 km², a privately owned island, which is also a national park in its own right, and on which rumor has it an old pirate treasure is hidden.
The total area of the six islands, which are completely in the area of the so-called Inner Islands , is 3.80 km²; the park covers a total of 14.43 km².
The islands of the Sainte Anne Marine National Park are all islands of volcanic origin , thus - like all the islands of the Inner Islands - granite islands .
history
Established in 1973, the park is the oldest nature reserve in the Seychelles .
fauna and Flora
The fauna and flora of the park, both on the islands and underwater, are typical of the Seychelles islands . To protect wild animals and plants , for example, fishing and water skiing are prohibited in the park area .
gallery
The island of Sainte Anne
The island of Moyenne
Moyenne Island
Web links
- Seychelles.com travel report and recommendations
- SCMRT-MPA Seychelles Center for Marine Research & Technology - Marine Parks Authority.
- Sainte Anne Marine National Park Article and photos of the islands in the marine park.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ste. Anne Marine National Park. In: seychellen.com. Retrieved July 25, 2011 .
- ↑ Ste Anne Marine National Park, Mahe. (No longer available online.) In: worldtravels.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2010 ; Retrieved July 25, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Ste. Anne Marine. In: Ste. Anne Marine. Retrieved July 25, 2011 .
- ^ Round Island. In: seychellen.com. Retrieved July 25, 2011 .
- ↑ Seychelles travel report 2009: Moyenne - A visit to Brendon Grimshaw. In: Reiseberichte-welt.de. Retrieved June 29, 2011 .