Tromelin Island Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
island in the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
About Tromelin Island
Tromelin Island isnot open to tourism. It is uninhabited, and serves as a sea tortoise and seabird sanctuary. The only facility on the island is an important meteorological station which gathers data for forecasting cyclones and hurricanes. First explored by the French in 1776, the island came under the jurisdiction ofReunionin 1814. The island was discovered when the French shipUtile, which was carrying slaves at the time, hit the reefs of the island. The crew got on a floatable raft to make it to Madagascar, while they left 60 slaves on Tromelin Island. 15 years later in 1776, the chevalier de Tromelin (from whom the island takes its name), captain of the French warshipLa Dauphine, came upon the Island and rescued the slaves that were still alive — seven women and an eight-month-old c
Tromelin Island Travel Guide Sections
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