Alphonse Island Seychelles Fly Fishing

Alphonse Atoll is one of two atolls of the Alphonse Group, the other being St. François Atoll — both in the Outer Islands coral archipelago of the Seychelles. Alphonse Atoll lies 87 kilometres south of the main Amirantes bank, from which it is separated by deep water. It has a distance of 400 kilometres south of Victoria, Seychelles. Alphonse lies just two kilom…
Alphonse Atoll is one of two atolls of the Alphonse Group, the other being St. François Atoll — both in the Outer Islands coral archipelago of the Seychelles. Alphonse Atoll lies 87 kilometres south of the main Amirantes bank, from which it is separated by deep water. It has a distance of 400 kilometres south of Victoria, Seychelles. Alphonse lies just two kilometres north of St. François Atoll, separated from it by a deep channel. The atoll has just one island, Alphonse Island, with a population of 108 people who work in the Alphonse hotel or maintain the runway and island for the IDC.
  • Location: Indian Ocean
  • Population: 82 (2014)
  • Archipelago: Seychelles
  • Adjacent to: Indian Ocean
  • Total islands: 1
  • Major islands: Alphonse
  • Area: 1.71 km² (0.66 sq mi)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org