Farquhar Group
Group of Islands in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles
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Area
The total land area of all islands in the group is less than 12.837 km2 (4.956 sq mi), but the total area of the atolls measures about 370 km2 (140 sq mi).
The group consists of two atolls and one separate island. In addition, there are a couple of submerged reefs in the area:
- Farquhar Atoll (with two larger and about eight smaller islets)
- Providence Atoll (with 2 islets, Providence Island and Cerf Island)
- St. Pierre Island
- Wizard Reef
- Umzinto Bank (submerged)
- Bulldog Bank (submerged)
- McLeod Bank (submerged)
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Population
There is one settlement, located on Île du Nord (North Island) of Farquhar Atoll. There is an abandoned village on Providence Island of Providence Atoll. There are records of Maldivian mariner presence in the group from the 20th century, when a trading vessel from southern Maldives lost its course and reached Providence Atoll.
Biology
The oonopid monotypic spider species Farqua quadrimaculata is the only known spider that is endemic to the Farquhar Islands.