A fundus observation apparatus, comprising: an optical system configured to divide light from a light source into signal light and reference light, generate interference light by superposing the signal light having traveled by way of an eye fundus and the reference light having traveled by way of a reference optical path, and detect the interference light; an image forming part configured to form a cross sectional image of the eye fundus based on detection results of the interference light; a specifying part configured to analyze the cross sectional image to specify an abnormal region located in the vicinity of central fovea of the eye fundus; an association information generating part configured to calculate the distance between the central fovea and the abnormal region and generate association information in which the direction of the abnormal region relative to the central fovea and the distance are associated with each other; and an evaluation information generating part configured to generate evaluation information for evaluating the state of the eye fundus based on the association information, wherein the image forming part forms multiple cross sectional images of multiple cross sections located in the vicinity of the central fovea of the eye fundus based on detection results of the interference light, and the association information generating part comprises a distribution information generating part configured to calculate, for each of the multiple cross sectional images, the distance between the central fovea and the abnormal region in the concerned cross section, and generate, as the association information, distribution information that represents distribution of distances in multiple directions corresponding to the multiple cross sections, characterized in that the evaluation information generating part specifies the minimum value from among the distances included in the distribution information, specifies the direction corresponding to the minimum value from among the multiple directions, and generates the evaluation information based on the direction specified. an optical system configured to divide light from a light source into signal light and reference light, generate interference light by superposing the signal light having traveled by way of an eye fundus and the reference light having traveled by way of a reference optical path, and detect the interference light; an image forming part configured to form a cross sectional image of the eye fundus based on detection results of the interference light; a specifying part configured to analyze the cross sectional image to specify an abnormal region located in the vicinity of central fovea of the eye fundus; an association information generating part configured to calculate the distance between the central fovea and the abnormal region and generate association information in which the direction of the abnormal region relative to the central fovea and the distance are associated with each other; and an evaluation information generating part configured to generate evaluation information for evaluating the state of the eye fundus based on the association information, wherein the image forming part forms multiple cross sectional images of multiple cross sections located in the vicinity of the central fovea of the eye fundus based on detection results of the interference light, and the association information generating part comprises a distribution information generating part configured to calculate, for each of the multiple cross sectional images, the distance between the central fovea and the abnormal region in the concerned cross section, and generate, as the association information, distribution information that represents distribution of distances in multiple directions corresponding to the multiple cross sections, characterized in that the evaluation information generating part specifies the minimum value from among the distances included in the distribution information, specifies the direction corresponding to the minimum value from among the multiple directions, and generates the evaluation information based on the direction specified.