Coëtivy Island

Coëtivy Island. NASA Image

Coëtivy

Location of Coëtivy Island in the Indian Ocean

Coëtivy Island is a small coral island in the Seychelles 290 km south of Mahe, at 07°08′S 56°16′E / 7.133°S 56.267°E / -7.133; 56.267. Along with Île Platte, the nearest neighbor 171 km northwest, it comprises the Southern Coral Group and therefore belongs to the Outer Islands (Seychelles). Its area is 9.31 km² and it has a population of 252. It was named after by Chevalier de Coetivy who first sighted the island in 1771. Until 1908 it was politically part of Mauritius.

The island is privately owned by the paranatal Seychelles Marketing Board (SMB). Coetivy has recently been known for its shrimp farms (black tiger prawn) and shrimp processing plant that began in the early 1990s; (from 1989-1992 the business was in "development phase"). There is also some vegetable farming in which the produce is sold in markets on Mahe.

External links

• Shrimp Operations on Coetivy
• How to get to Coetivy