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Islands

The project is focusing on 5 primary islands or atolls which include:
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The Alphonse Group is situated 400km southwest of Victoria, and is composed of three islands including Alphonse, situated on Alphonse Atoll in the north, and the small islands of Bijoutier and Saint François, situated on St François Atoll to the south.
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Poivre is a coralline atoll situated 270km SW of Port Victoria. The atoll consists of 2 islands: Poivre (111ha) and Ile du Sud (137 ha). Ile du Sud is composed of the main island, which is the central finger with two additional islets 'Florentin' and 'Mozambique'.
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​Desroches is the largest of the islands in the Amirantes group, and is situated only 230km SW of Victoria. The island is a low-lying sand cay, sat on the south-eastern edge of a submerged atoll, on a bank to the east of the main Amirantes Ridge.
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​D'Arros island and the adjacent St Joseph’s Atoll are the only privately owned outer islands. D'Arros and St Joseph is situated 255km WSW from Victoria, Mahé.
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​Farquhar is the most southerly of the outer islands, situated 770 km SSW of Mahé. The atoll covers 17,800ha (land and sea) and contains ten islands: the two main islands North and South Island cover 799ha (97 % of the landmass), between which are three small islands known as the Manahas, on the northern rim of the atoll there are four islands, Trois Iles (Desposé, Ile du Milieu and Lapin), and then Banc du Sable which is the most western island.
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