Moyenne Island
Moyenne Island Moyenne Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Seychelles, Indian Ocean |
| Coordinates | 4°37′10″S 55°30′31″E / 4.61944°S 55.50861°E |
| Archipelago | Inner Islands, Seychelles |
| Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
| Total islands | 1 |
| Major islands |
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| Area | 0.099 km2 (0.038 sq mi) |
| Length | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
| Width | 0.3 km (0.19 mi) |
| Coastline | 1.7 km (1.06 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Highest point | Mont Moyenne |
| Administration | |
| Group | Granitic Seychelles |
| Sub-Group | Mahe Islands |
| Sub-Group | Ste. Anne Islands |
| Districts | Mont Fleuri |
| Largest settlement | Anse Creole Travel Services (pop. 1) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 1 (2014) |
| Pop. density | 10.1/km2 (26.2/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Creole, French, East Africans, Indians. |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| ISO code | SC-18 |
| Official website | www |
Moyenne Island is a 9.9-hectare (24-acre) island in the Sainte Anne Marine National Park off the northeast coast of Mahé, Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Since the 1970s it has been a flora and fauna reserve. From 1915 until the 1960s, the island was abandoned until its purchase by Brendon Grimshaw, a newspaper editor from Dewsbury in Yorkshire, England, for £8,000.
Grimshaw and his partner Rene Lafortune were the only inhabitants of the island until Grimshaw's death in July 2012. The island is now a national park and can be visited as part of organized trips.