Astove Island Guide

Astove, an island only two miles long, is close by and due south of the Cosmoledo Group and also about a hundred miles east of Assumption and Aldabra. Even then, the island is totally out of sight from anywhere else. From the air, the island looks like a mirage floating on a translucent blue sea. An abandoned coconut plantation is the only evidence of an attempt for human habitation on the island. The flank of the island is rather steep and the edge of the reef rapidly drops off into the abyss. Marine life is comparable to all the other islands in the Aldabra Group.