Hodoul Island
island in Indian Ocean
Hodoul Island is an uninhabited island in Seychelles, lying in the center of the Victoria port.
The island belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from Dubai when the Dubai dredger was placed in Seychelles.
History
The island was named after the corsair Jean-François Hodoul. In 1875, Dr. Henry Brooks of Seychelles rented it to store coal. He kept about 2,000 tons of coal there until 1940.
During 1995–2005, Hodoul Island served as a storage site for explosives for the Mahe port reclamation project.
In 2016, a new casino was opened on the west point of the island.
Administration
The island belongs to English River District.
Facilities
The island has a 500 m2 guesthouse on the east point, and a 600 m2 casino on the west point.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hodoul Island” is island in Indian Ocean. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hodoul, Island and island, not as a finished interpretation.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25062214. Authority coordinates are -4.624, 55.458. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1875, 1940, 1995 and 2005.
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