Marianne Island

{{Short description|Island in Seychelles}}

{{Infobox islands

| name = Marianne Island

| image_name = Marianne, Seychelles.png

| image_caption = Indicated in red (top right)

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| map = Seychelles

| native_name =

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| native_name_lang = fr

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| location = Seychelles

| coordinates = {{coord|-4.34|55.92|region:SC_type:isle_dim:5000|display=inline,title}}

| archipelago = Inner Islands, Seychelles

| waterbody = Indian Ocean

| total_islands = 1

| area_km2 = 0.96

| coastline_km = 4.5

| length_km = 1.9

| width_km = 0.75

| highest_mount = Morne Estel{{cite journal |last1=Hill |first1=Michael J. |last2=Matyot |first2=Pay |last3=Vel |first3=Terence M. |last4=Parr |first4=Steven J. |last5=Shah |first5=Normal J. |title=Marianne |journal=Atoll Research Bulletin |date=2002 |volume=495 |issue=9 |pages=157–176 |doi=10.5479/si.00775630.495-9.157 |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8003/00495.09.pdf |access-date=26 September 2022}}

| elevation_m = 130

| country = Seychelles

| country_admin_divisions_title = Group

| country_admin_divisions = Inner Islands

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Sub-Group

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Granitic Seychelles

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Districts

| country_admin_divisions_2 = La Digue and Inner Islands

| country_largest_city = La Cour

| 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-15

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Marianne Island is a small granitic island of the Seychelles.{{cite web |title=Islands of the Seychelles Archipelago Part III |url=http://www.virtualseychelles.sc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=790:islands-of-the-seychelles-archipelago-partiii&catid=45:history&Itemid=149 |website=VirtualSeychelles.sc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410101709/http://www.virtualseychelles.sc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=790:islands-of-the-seychelles-archipelago-partiii&catid=45:history&Itemid=149 |archive-date=10 April 2016}} {{convert|94.7|ha|acre|abbr=on}} in size, it is located 3.8 km ESE of Félicité Island. The island was a former coconut plantation, and on the western side of the island is a long beach. The southern tip of Marianne is known as a world-class diving location. The tallest peak on the island is Estel Hill, at 130 meters.

Presently, Marianne Island is uninhabited but is routinely visited by tourists and boaters. For much of the 19th and 20th century, farming and copra production took place on Marianne. There was a former settlement called La Cour, and in 1940 the island had 60 inhabitants.

There are a few species of gecko on Marianne, including the La Digue day gecko (Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis) and Phelsuma astriata semicarinata. Reportedly, the rare Seychelles paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone corvina) is occasionally spotted on the island.{{cite web |title=Seychelles Black Paradise Flycatcher |url=http://www.natureseychelles.org/knowledge-centre/seychelles-wildlife-2/endemic-bird-species/51-seychelles-black-paradise-flycatcher |website=NatureSeychelles.org}} Also, it was once home to the extinct Seychelles chestnut-sided white-eye.