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Seychelles is a small island country east of the African continent located in the Sea of Zanj due north of Madagascar, with Antsiranana as its nearest foreign city. [1] Seychelles lies between approximately 4ºS and 10ºS and 46ºE and 54ºE.
The Constitution of Seychelles lists 155 named islands, [57] and a further 7 reclaimed islands have been created subsequent to the publication of the Constitution. The majority of the islands are uninhabited, with many dedicated as nature reserves. Seychelles' largest island, Mahé, is located 1,550 km (835 nmi) from Mogadishu (Somalia's ...
Seychelles, an island country in the Indian Ocean, consists of over 100 islands. [1] Despite the large number of islands, less than half are inhabited, though many ...
Geography of Seychelles. Seychelles is: an island country of 155 islands; Location: Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere; Africa (off its east coast, north of Madagascar) East Africa; Southern Africa; Indian Ocean; Time zone: Seychelles Time ; Extreme points of Seychelles High: Morne Seychellois on Mahé 905 m (2,969 ft) Low: Indian Ocean 0 m
The geology of Seychelles is an example of a felsic granite microcontinent that broke off from the supercontinent Gondwana within the past 145 million years and become isolated in the Indian Ocean. The islands are primarily granite rock, with some sequences of sedimentary rocks formed during rift basin periods or times when the islands were ...
Mahé is the largest island of Seychelles, with an area of 157.3 square kilometres (60.7 sq mi), lying in the northeast of the Seychellois nation in the Somali Sea part of the Indian Ocean. The population of Mahé was 77,000, as of the 2010 census. [ 1 ]
La Digue is the third most populated island [3] of the Seychelles, and fourth largest by land area, [4] lying east of Praslin and west of Felicite Island. In size, it is the fourth-largest granitic island of Seychelles after Mahé, Praslin, and Silhouette Island. It has a population of 2,800 people.
Seychelles geography stubs (87 P) Pages in category "Geography of Seychelles" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.