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Marianne Island
Marianne Island is a small (238 acres) granitic island of the Seychelles. It is located 3.8 km ESE (East South East) of Félecité Island. The island was a former coconut plantation, and is still heavily wooded with palm trees. On the western side of the island is a long beach approximately 200 metres. The southern tip of Marianne is known as a world-class diving location. The tallest peak on the island is Estel Hill at 130 metres. It is located 59 km from Mahé, 6 km to La Digue.
Presently, Marianne Island is uninhabited but is routinely visited by tourists and boaters. For much of the 19th and 20th century, farming and copra production took place on Marianne. There was a former settlement called La Cour, and in 1940 the island had 60 inhabitants.
There are a few species of gecko on Marianne, including the La Digue day gecko (Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis) and Phelsuma astriata semicarinata. Reportedly, Marianne Island possesses a few rare Black Paradise Flycatchers Terpsiphone Corvina. Also, it was once home to the extinct Seychelles Chestnut-sided White-eye.
