Adjacent bodies of water Indian Ocean Major islands Booby Width 0.16 km (0.099 mi) Area 2 ha | Total islands 1 Length 0.17 km (0.106 mi) Elevation 30 m Adjacent body of water Indian Ocean | |
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Location Seychelles, Indian Ocean Archipelago La Digue and Inner Islands Group La Digue and Inner Islands | ||
Booby is an island in Seychelles, lying north of Praslin and south of Aride Island. It has an area of 2.3 hectares. Booby Island is a high granite rock, densely covered with tropical vegetation. The name of the island was given through numerous flocks of boobies that nest on the island. the island is uninhabited.
Tourism
The island is visited by tourists for its wide variety of underwater creatures like fish, sharks and rays.
References
Booby Island, Seychelles Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA