Poivre Atoll, Coral atoll in Amirantes archipelago, Seychelles.

Poivre Atoll comprises several islands connected by shallow waters and coral structures throughout the lagoon system. The surrounding ocean supports diverse marine life that defines the character of this place.

French explorers visited the atoll in the late 1700s and named it after a French official. The islands were later settled and developed for coconut cultivation.

The main village on Poivre Nord is called Grand Kaz, from the Seychellois Creole gran kaz, "big house", traditionally the plantation manager's house; the eastern tip is Pointe Baleine. Creole place names appear on IDC zoning maps, among them Bois Blanc, Femme Morte, Menee Patchouli, Bobesse, Bon Dieu Roche, Petit Foc and Noir Nouveau. In 1944 a visiting magistrate counted 108 people in 38 houses, and the coconut plantation produced 120,000 to 130,000 nuts a month alongside maize.

Poivre Nord has a 1,100-metre unpaved grass airfield, occasionally served by an Island Development Company aircraft from Mahé; the small boat channel was enlarged in 2008. Poivre Nord and Poivre Sud are joined by a 750-metre causeway over reef flats that is submerged at high tide. The lagoon between the islets is shallow and dries out at low tide.

The 750-metre causeway linking Poivre Nord and Poivre Sud crosses reef flats that are submerged at high tide. The shallow lagoon between the four islets dries out at low tide. Florentin island was named for the grey herons nesting there, called florentin in Seychellois Creole.