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Îlots des Apôtres

Islets in the Crozet Islands

Islets in the Crozet Islands

FieldValue
nameÎlots des Apôtres
image_nameIlots des Apotres - Landsat 7.jpg
image_captionSatellite Image of Îlots des Apôtres (NASA - Landsat)
nicknameApostle Islets
coordinates
area_km22.011
highest_mountMont Pierre
elevation_m289
populationUninhabited
countryFrance

The Îlots des Apôtres () or Îles des Apôtres () are a group of small and uninhabited rocky islands in the north-western part of the Crozet Archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, 10 km north of Île aux Cochons. Their total area is about 2 km².

Description

There are two larger islands (Île Grande - Big Island, and Île Petite - Little Island), together occupying almost 90 percent of the area. The highest peak is Mont Pierre (289 m on Île Grande. In addition, there are about 20 rocks, with elevations between 15 and. The islands are very steep. Despite their small size, Île Grande reaches a height of 289 m, and Île Petite 246 m.

History

On the night of 1 July 1875, the Strathmore, a three-masted ship sailing between the United Kingdom and New Zealand, was wrecked in the vicinity after striking a reef. Of the 89 passengers on board, 44 survived on Île Grande until 21 January 1876, when they were rescued by another ship.

Important Bird Area

The islets have been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International as a breeding site for seabirds, with at least 25 species nesting there. The birds include wandering, grey-headed, light-mantled, sooty, black-browed and Indian yellow-nosed albatrosses, great-winged, soft-plumaged, white-chinned and blue petrels, medium-billed prions, northern giant petrels, common diving petrels, Crozet blue-eyed shags and Kerguelen terns.

The islets

Island or rockEnglish nameArea(ha)
**Îlots des Apôtres**
Rocher Nord
L’Enclume
Grande Île
Le Clown
La Sentinelle perdue
Les Jumeaux
Rocher Fendu
Petite Île
Les Sentinelles du Diable
La Grande Aiguille
La Petite Aiguille
Le Hangar
Le Donjon
Rocher Sud
Le Torpilleur
Le Caillou
L'Obélisque
Rocher Percé

References

also see "This barren rock", by Silvie Haisman. , also a radio play on the ABC National radio - tell me a shipwreck

References

  1. Ian Church, William Lesquin, John Nunn, ''Le naufrage du Strathmore en 1875'' in ''Trois naufrages pour trois îles, Terres australes françaises au XIXème siècle'', Éditions de La Dyle (1998), {{ISBN. 90-801124-9-6
  2. BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Îles des Apôtres. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-01-09.
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