Bertaut Reef

Bertaut Reef
	Bertaut Reef Location of Bertaut Island in Seychelles
Geography
Location	Indian Ocean
Coordinates	05°39′S 53°14′E / 5.650°S 53.233°E
Archipelago	Seychelles
Adjacent to	Indian Ocean
Total islands	1
Major islands	Bertaut Island;
Area	0.003 km2 (0.0012 sq mi)
Length	0.07 km (0.043 mi)
Width	0.04 km (0.025 mi)
Coastline	0.2 km (0.12 mi)
Highest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Administration
	Seychelles
Group	Outer Islands
Sub-Group	Amirante Islands
Districts	Outer Islands District
Demographics
Population	0 (2014)
Pop. density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Creole, French, East Africans, Indians.
Additional information
Time zone	SCT (UTC+4);
ISO code	SC-26
Official website	www.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/outer-islands

Bertaut Reef is an island in Seychelles, lying in the Outer Islands of Seychelles, with a distance of 271 kilometres (168 miles) south of Victoria, Seychelles.

Geography[edit]

Bertaut Reef is about 25 kilometres (16 miles) SSW of St. Joseph Atoll and 13.5 kilometres (8.4 miles) north of Poivre Atoll. Desroches Island is 50 kilometres (31 miles) to the east. The reef measures 8.4 kilometres (5.2 miles) northwest-southeast, and is up to 3.4 kilometres (2.1 miles) wide in the southeastern part, and up to 2.7 kilometres (1.7 miles) in the northwestern part. It covers an area in excess of 20 km². Only in the south and southeast waves break over a shallow reef edge. Bertaut Reef has a small uninhabited and unvegetated sand cay on its southern part, with an area of about 3000 m². The reef is steep and the sea breaks heavily over its edge.