Conception Island is a small island (0.603 km
2) in the
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, ...
2 km west of
Mahé. Conception contained a coconut plantation until the mid-1970s; today it is uninhabited. Conception Island, along with its sister island
Thérèse Island
Thérèse Island is a small island off the western coast of Mahé in the Seychelles. It has 700 m long white sand beaches, with numerous coconut palms. It has two rocky peaks which resemble a giant's staircase, the tallest, Thérèse Peak, bein ...
, is part of
Port Glaud district of
Mahé, the main island of the Seychelles.
Recently the island has been created as a wildlife reserve. It is the home of the extremely rare
Seychelles white-eye and other birds such as the
Seychelles kestrel
The Seychelles kestrel (''Falco araeus'') is a small bird of prey belonging to the genus '' Falco'' in the falcon family, Falconidae. It is endemic to the Seychelles Islands where it is the only breeding bird of prey. It is known in Seychellois Cr ...
,
Seychelles blue pigeon and the
Malagasy turtle-dove. It also has two species of gecko.
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Image gallery
File:Seychelles large map.jpg, Map 1
File:SC-Port Glaud.png, District Map
References
External links
Official Conception Island Guide
National Bureau of Statistics
Mahe Map 2015
Info on the island
Islands of Port Glaud
Uninhabited islands of Seychelles
Important Bird Areas of Seychelles
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