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Farquhar Group

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Location
  
Indian Ocean

Districts
  
Outer Islands District

Population
  
20 (2016)

Group
  
Outer Islands

Sub-Group
  
Farquhar Group

Demonym
  
Creole

Area
  
12.84 km²

Island group
  
Seychelles Archipelago

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Largest settlement
  
Grande Poste (population 20)

The Farquhar Group belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, more than 700 km (430 mi) southwest of the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island.

Contents

Map of Farquhar Group, Seychelles

Area

The total land area of all islands in the group is less than 12.837 km2 (4.956 sq mi), but the total area of the atolls measures about 370 km2 (140 sq mi).

The group consists of two atolls and one separate island. In addition, there are a couple of submerged reefs in the area:

  1. Farquhar Atoll (with two larger and about eight smaller islets)
  2. Providence Atoll (with 2 islets, Providence Island and Cerf Island)
  3. St. Pierre Island
  4. Wizard Reef
  5. Umzinto Bank (submerged)
  6. Bulldog Bank (submerged)
  7. McLeod Bank (submerged)

Population

There is only one settlement, which is located on Île du Nord (North Island) of Farquhar Atoll. There is an abandoned village on Providence Island of Providence Atoll. There are records of Maldivian mariner presence in the group from the 20th century, when a trading vessel from southern Maldives lost its course and reached Providence Atoll.

Biology

The oonopid monotypic spider species Farqua quadrimaculata is the only known spider that is endemic to the Farquhar Islands.

References

Farquhar Group Wikipedia