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View of Praslin, the second largest island of Seychelles Map of Seychelles. An island nation, Seychelles is located in the Somali Sea segment of the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar and about 1,600 km (860 nmi) east of Kenya.
Seychelles began addressing the conservation problem in the late 1960s by creating the Nature Conservancy Commission, later renamed the Seychelles National Environment Commission. [4] A system of national parks and animal preserves covering 42% of the land area and about 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) of the surrounding water areas has been ...
Air Seychelles has its head office on the property of Seychelles International Airport on the island. [6] The Port of Victoria is home to a tuna fishing and canning industry. From 1963 to 1996, the United States Air Force maintained a satellite control network at the Indian Ocean Station, where it had a significant impact on the local economy. [7]
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Sources: WAD, [1] Google Maps, [2] National Bureau of Statistics, [3] SkyVector [4] Seychelles International Airport ( IATA : SEZ , ICAO : FSIA ), or Aéroport de la Pointe Larue in French, is the international airport of the Seychelles located on the island of Mahé near the capital city of Victoria .
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Mont Fleuri (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ flœʁi]) is an administrative district of Seychelles with its main part located on the island of Mahé.It also includes the six islands of the Sainte Anne Marine National Park and two islets further east (Beacon Island and Harrison Rock).
Desroches Airport (IATA: DES, ICAO: FSDR) is an airport serving Desroches Island (Île Desroches) in the Seychelles. Desroches Island, a former coconut and timber plantation, [5] is the main island of the Amirante Islands, part of the Outer Islands. It is 230 kilometres (143 mi) southwest of Victoria, the capital of the Seychelles on Mahé island.