Albatross Island is an island located in the
St. Brandon
It is highly likely that the name Saint Brandon was derived from the French sailors and corsairs that sailed to and from Britanny, after a town called Saint-Brandan. It has since been Anglicised to Saint Brandon and is also known as the Cargad ...
archipelago, a group of
outer islands of
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
. A small fishing station existed on the island until 1988.
On 5 June 2021, the FV ''Sea Master'' belonging to the Mauritian company Hassen Taher was shipwrecked on Albatross Island. All crew members were rescued by local fishermen stationed near the island.
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Islands of St. Brandon
Outer Islands of Mauritius
Reefs of the Indian Ocean
Fishing areas of the Indian Ocean
Insular ecology
Important Bird Areas of Mauritius
Flora of Mauritius
Atolls of the Indian Ocean
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