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Petite Terre Islands (French: Îles de la Petite Terre, literally "Islands of the Small Land") are two small uninhabited islands located about 10 km (6 mi) to the south-east of the island of Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe), in the Lesser Antilles. They are named Petite Terre ("Small Land") in contrast with the much larger Grande-Terre ("Large Land").

Petite Terre is also the name of Pamanzi island, Mayotte.

Petite Terre Islands

Location	Petite Terre Islands, La Désirade, Guadeloupe, France
Coordinates	16°10′15″N 61°06′33″W
Tower
Constructed	1840
Construction	brick (tower)
Automated	1974
Height	33 m (108 ft)
Shape	Cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern atop a 1-storey keeper’s house[1][2]
Markings	unpainted (tower), green (lantern)
Power source	solar power
Heritage	monument historique inscrit
Light
Focal height	26 m (85 ft)
Range	15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic	Fl(3) W 12s

The two islands are Terre de Bas island to the southwest and the smaller Terre de Haut island to the northeast. Their combined land area is 1.68 km² (168 hectares).[3] Terre de Bas island (literally "Low Land" or "Down Land") is so named because it is downwind compared to Terre de Haut island ("Upper Land" island) to its northeast, which first meets the trade winds blowing from the north-east in the Caribbean.

Administratively, the Petite Terre Islands are dependent on the commune (municipality) of La Désirade. The two islands and 842 hectares (2,081 acres) of the sea around them were declared a nature reserve, the National Nature Reserve of Îles de la Petite-Terre.[3]

Fauna and flora

The fauna of the two islands is essentially composed of Lesser Antillean iguana with 9,500 individuals, migratory birds and sea turtles previously hunted for their eggs, their fat and their shells. Beliefs even lend aphrodisiac virtues to the turtles' penises. The richness of the fauna is completed by a great variety of fish species and larvae protected from the swell by the lagoon and the coral reef. The island of Terre-de-Bas also hosts an endemic species of scorpion, the Oiclus.

At the same time, the flora is very abundant and, for example, the guaiac tree - a protected species that has practically disappeared from the Lesser Antilles -, which was once used to make billiard balls and pulleys, and the agave, which blooms only once in its life, are protected species. Thus, for ecological reasons, to regulate the influx of tourists and for better conservation of this fauna and flora, the islands of Petite-Terre have been classified as a nature reserve since September 1998, with an extension to the 842-hectare marine area surrounding the two islets

See also

• List of lighthouses in Guadeloupe

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Îles de la Petite Terre

Die Îles de la Petite Terre sind eine aus zwei Inseln bestehende unbewohnte Inselgruppe des französischen Überseedépartements Guadeloupe.

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- [en] Petite Terre Islands

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[es] Islas de Petite Terre

Petite Terre es un grupo de islas que pertenecen al departamento de ultramar francés de Guadalupe, ubicadas en el mar Caribe. Su nombre en Francés Îles de la Petite Terre literalmente significa "Islas de la Tierra Pequeña", consisten en 2 pequeñas islas Terre de Bas (o "Tierra Baja") y Terre de Haut (o "Tierra Alta") localizadas aproximadamente a 10 km al sureste de la isla de Grande-Terre, y al sur de La Désirade. Fueron llamadas así en contraste con el nombre que recibió la mucho mayor en tamaño y vecina Grande-Terre. Su área combinada es de apenas 1,48 km².

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[fr] Îles de la Petite-Terre

Les îles de la Petite-Terre forment un groupe de deux îles de l'archipel de la Guadeloupe situées dans l'océan Atlantique, dans l'arc des Petites Antilles. Composées de Terre-de-Haut et de Terre-de-Bas, entourées par un récif corallien et administrativement rattachées à l'île de la Désirade, il s'agit d'une dépendance de la Guadeloupe. Le groupe d'îles se trouve à une dizaine de kilomètres au sud-est de la pointe des Châteaux, l'extrémité orientale de Grande-Terre de la Guadeloupe.

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[ru] Птит-Тер

Птит-Тер (фр. Petite Terre) — острова в Атлантическом океане, к юго-востоку от основной части Гваделупы. Острова Птит-Тер необитаемы, и административно входят в состав коммуны Ла-Дезирад французского заморского департамента Гваделупа.

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