Bertaut Reef

Bertaut Island
Geography
Location	Indian Ocean
Coordinates	05°39′S 53°14′E / 5.650°S 53.233°E
Archipelago	Seychelles
Adjacent to	Indian Ocean
Administration
	Seychelles
Demographics
Demonym	Creole
Population	0
Additional information
Time zone	SCT (UTC+4);
Official website	www.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/outer-islands

Bertaut Island is an island in Seychelles, lying in the Outer Islands of Seychelles, with a distance of 271 km south of Victoria, Seychelles.

Geography

Bertaut Reef is about 25 km SSW of St. Joseph Atoll and 13.5 km north of Poivre Atoll. Desroches Island is 50 km to the east. The reef measures 8.4 km northwest-southeast, and is up to 3.4 km wide in the southeastern part, and up to 2.7 km 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-to and the sea breaks heavily over its edge.