Wizard Reef (French: Récif Wizard) is a coral reef in the Farquhar Group in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. It is 670 km (362 nmi; 416 mi) southwest of the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island.

History

Wizard Reef was named after Fairfax Moresby's ship Wizard, which visited the reef in 1822.

Geography

Wizard Reef is roughly elliptical. It measures 1.7 km (0.92 nmi; 1.1 mi) east-to–west and 1.2 km (0.65 nmi; 0.75 mi) north-to–south, covering an area of about 1.6 km (0.47 sq nmi; 0.62 sq mi). The land mass is barely 0.02 km (0.0077 sq mi). It is barely above water, as the sea breaks heavily over it. The reef's islet is in the western half. The location is 41 km (22 nmi; 25 mi) north of the northern tip of Providence Atoll.

Administration

Wizard Reef belongs to Outer Islands District.

Flora and fauna

The islet has many hawksbill turtles nesting.

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