Conception Island, Seychelles

Conception Island
	View from Morne Blanc facing West, Conception Island is in the center
	Conception Island Location of Conception Island in Seychelles
Geography
Location	Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Coordinates	4°40′S 55°22′E / 4.667°S 55.367°E
Archipelago	Inner Islands, Seychelles
Adjacent to	Indian Ocean
Total islands	1
Major islands	Conception;
Area	0.604 km2 (0.233 sq mi)
Length	1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Width	0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Coastline	3.5 km (2.17 mi)
Highest elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Highest point	Conception
Administration
	Seychelles
Group	Granitic Seychelles
Sub-Group	Mahe Islands
Sub-Group	Port Glaud Islands
Districts	Port Glaud
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-21
Official website	www.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/

Conception Island is a small island (0.603 km²) in the Seychelles 2 km west of Mahé. Conception contained a coconut plantation until the mid-1970s; today it is uninhabited. Conception Island, along with its sister island Thérèse Island, is part of Port Glaud district of Mahé, the main island of the Seychelles.

Recently the island has been created as a wildlife reserve. It is the home of the extremely rare Seychelles white-eye and other birds such as the Seychelles kestrel, Seychelles blue pigeon and the Malagasy turtle-dove. It also has two species of gecko.^[1]