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| Name |
Farquhar
Atoll |
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| Type |
Outer Island |
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| Population |
0 |
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| Information |
South
of Providence are the ten islands of Farquhar
Atoll. Many of
the trees of South Island have been turned
white by the droppings of hundreds of Red-footed
Boobies, which nest here. The southern tip of the atoll, Goëlettes,
is also the most southerly island of Seychelles. It is swept
almost bare of vegetation by the strong south-easterly winds which
blow for much of the year, but is a haven for seabirds, notably 400,000
pairs of Sooty Terns and also Black-naped Terns, a species that breeds
only on coral atolls. In February 2006, ICS discovered a previously
unknown colony of Black-naped Terns on Bancs du Sable, the largest
colony in the entire Afro-Malagasy region. |
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