# Wizard Reef

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**Wizard Reef** (French: *Récif Wizard*) is a [coral](/source/Coral) reef in the [Farquhar Group](/source/Farquhar_Group) in the [Outer Islands](/source/Outer_Islands_(Seychelles)) of the [Seychelles](/source/Seychelles). It is 670 km (362 nmi; 416 mi) southwest of the capital, [Victoria](/source/Victoria,_Seychelles), on [Mahé Island](/source/Mah%C3%A9,_Seychelles).

## History

Wizard Reef was named after [Fairfax Moresby](/source/Fairfax_Moresby)'s ship *Wizard*, which visited the reef in 1822.[1]

## Geography

Wizard Reef is roughly elliptical. It measures 1.7 km (0.92 nmi; 1.1 mi) east-to–west and 1.2 km (0.65 nmi; 0.75 mi) north-to–south, covering an area of about 1.6 km2 (0.47 sq nmi; 0.62 sq mi). The land mass is barely 0.02 km2 (0.0077 sq mi). It is barely above water, as the sea breaks heavily over it.[2] The reef's islet is in the western half. The location is 41 km (22 nmi; 25 mi) north of the northern tip of [Providence Atoll](/source/Providence_Atoll).

## Administration

Wizard Reef belongs to [Outer Islands District](/source/Outer_Islands_(Seychelles)).[3]

## Flora and fauna

The islet has many [hawksbill turtles](/source/Hawksbill_turtles) nesting.[4]

## References

1. ["Wayback Machine"](http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/arb/136/v136.pdf). *www.botany.hawaii.edu*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090918194603/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/arb/136/v136.pdf) 2009-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-09-08.

1. ["Wayback Machine"](http://msi.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub171/Pub171bk.pdf). *msi.nga.mil*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120508084147/http://msi.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub171/Pub171bk.pdf) 2012-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-09-08.

1. ["Wayback Machine"](http://www.virtualseychelles.sc/downloads/pdf/electoral_districts.pdf). *www.virtualseychelles.sc*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081115125037/http://www.virtualseychelles.sc/downloads/pdf/electoral_districts.pdf) 2008-11-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-09-08.

1. Mortimer, Jeanne A. (1984). [*Marine Turtles in the Republic of the Seychelles: Status and Management : Report on Project 1809 (1981-1984)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cbUAxUCtHWMC&dq=wizard+reef+seychelles&pg=PT12). IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-901-3.

## External links

- [Info on the reef](http://www.virtualseychelles.sc/index.php/culture/2013-08-21-09-23-55/seychelles-archipelago-vii) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160413222656/http://www.virtualseychelles.sc/index.php/culture/2013-08-21-09-23-55/seychelles-archipelago-vii) 2016-04-13 at the Wayback Machine

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