Bertaut Reef is an island in Seychelles, lying in the
Outer Islands of
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...
, with a distance of south of
Victoria, Seychelles
Victoria () is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Seychelles, situated on the north-eastern side of Mahé island, the archipelago's main island. The city was first established as the seat of the British colonial government. In 2010 ...
.
Geography
Bertaut Reef is about SSW of
St. Joseph Atoll and north of
Poivre Atoll
Poivre Islands are a group of islands in Seychelles, lying in the Outer Islands (Seychelles), Outer Islands of Seychelles, with a distance of 268 km south of Victoria, Seychelles.
History
Poivre was named in 1771 by Chevalier de la Biollièr ...
.
Desroches Island is to the east. The reef measures northwest-southeast, and is up to wide in the southeastern part, and up to in the northwestern part. It covers an area in excess of 20 km
2. Only in the south and southeast waves break over a shallow reef edge. Bertaut Reef has a small uninhabited and unvegetated
sand cay
A cay ( ), also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great ...
on its southern part, with an area of about 3000 m
2. The reef is steep and the sea breaks heavily over its edge.
Administration
The island belongs to
Outer Islands District.
District map
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Image gallery
File:Seychelles large map.jpg, Map 1
File:Outer Islands in Seychelles.svg, District Map
File:Bertaut_ISS022-E-94001.JPG, NASA image
File:Bertaut_Reef1040.png, Sat image
References
External links
2010 Sailing directions
Islands of Outer Islands (Seychelles)
Uninhabited islands of Seychelles
Reefs of the Indian Ocean
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