Adjacent bodies of water Indian Ocean Major islands Romainville Width 0.3 km (0.19 mi) Elevation 0 cm Adjacent body of water Indian Ocean | Total islands 1 Length 1.0 km (0.62 mi) Area 19 ha Group Granitic Seychelles | |
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Location Seychelles, Indian Ocean Archipelago La Digue and Inner Islands | ||
Romainville Island is an artificial island in Seychelles, lying 2 km from the capital Vicoria.
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History
The island was created artificially during 2000's. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles. The works began in 1998 In 2012 the island was ready for installment of wind turbines. In 2013 the island was visited by UN inspectors inspecting worldwide scale of wind farms. In the end of 2013 the wind farm was launched in 2014, it was reported that the PUC farm on Romainville was a success in 2018, Masdar will open a solar farm on the island
Geography
The artificial island plan is an industrialized plan
Demographics
The warden's house is located on the island's south point.
Administration
The island belongs to English River District.