Ilet PINEL
The charming îlet Pinel (Pinel Islet) in the french section of the St Martin island, West Indies. It is a little paradise very much appreciated by tourists.
Located on the north-eastern point of Saint Martin, it faces the island of Tintamarre and was named after a famous local buccaneer. Indeed it is on a very close reef named Rock Pinel, north of the îlet Pinel, that Captain Pinel’s ship was wrecked in 1689 (1).

1 : Jean-Pierre Moreau; ‘Guide des trésors archéologiques sous–marins des Petites Antilles d'après les archives anglaises, espagnoles et françaises, des XVIème, XVIIème, XVIIIème siècles’; Ed. J.-P. Moreau, 1988.