Île Verronge is one of circa thirty isles, island and sandbars that is part of the St. Brandon archipelago in the

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. It is constitutionally designated, under Mauritian law, as one of the outer islands of

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

. In the 1840s, the primary fishing station of St. Brandon was established on Île Verronge which today is an uninhabited bird and turtle

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. Access to the public is restricted, and permission is required to onboard the island from the local fishing company with established fishing stations on the islands. Île Verronge was one of the islands chosen by the

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to be part of the

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St Brandon Saint Brandon (), also known as the Cargados Carajos Shoals, is a southwest Indian Ocean archipelago of sand banks, shoals and islets belonging to the Republic of Mauritius. It lies about northeast of the island of Mauritius. It consists of fiv ...

Some of the Corals around Île Verronge

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Subdivisions of Mauritius Mauritius 1 Lists of administrative divisions Ile Verronge Outer Islands of Mauritius Reefs of the Indian Ocean Important Bird Areas of Mauritius Atolls of the Indian Ocean {{Mauritius-geo-stub

Some of the Corals around Île Verronge

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