Conception Island, Seychelles

{{Short description|Island in the Seychelles}}

{{Distinguish|Conception Island, Bahamas}}

{{Infobox islands

| name = Conception Island

| image_name = View from Morne Blanc facing West.jpg

| image_caption = View from Morne Blanc facing West, Conception Island is in the center

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| map = Seychelles

| map_caption = Location of Conception Island in Seychelles

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| native_name_lang = fr

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| location = Seychelles, Indian Ocean

| coordinates = {{coord|4|40|S|55|22|E|region:SC_type:isle_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}

| archipelago = Inner Islands, Seychelles

| waterbody = Indian Ocean

| total_islands = 1

| major_islands = {{hlist|Conception }}

| area_km2 = 0.604

| coastline_km = 3.5

| length_km = 1.5

| width_km = 0.6

| highest_mount = Conception

| elevation_m = 131

| country = Seychelles

| country_admin_divisions_title = Group

| country_admin_divisions = Granitic Seychelles

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Sub-Group

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Mahe Islands

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Sub-Group

| country_admin_divisions_2 = Port Glaud Islands

| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Districts

| country_admin_divisions_3 = Port Glaud

| population = 0

| population_as_of = 2014

| density_km2 = 0

| ethnic_groups = Creole, French, East Africans, Indians.

| timezone1 = SCT

| utc_offset1 = +4

| website = {{URL|http://www.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/}}

| iso_code_type = ISO code

| iso_code = SC-21

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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.[http://www.seychelles.org/inner-islands/conception-island info]