The ships were en route form Mauritius to investigate the mysterious Seychelles islands to the north. Mahé is the principal island comprising of 142 sq km, with the islands of Praslin, La Digue and Silhouette being the next important . As coral can grow all the way up to the surface of the water, if the sea level drops then these can become islands, often in the form of an atoll. Having a total of 115 islands, the Seychelles is considered as a paradise for all those who want to cherish every bit of their holidays. Seychelles - Seychelles - People: The original French colonists on the previously uninhabited islands, along with their black slaves, were joined in the 19th century by deportees from France. This group includes two islands, Platte and Coetivy. There are 42 granite islands in the Seychelles archipelago, including Mahé and Praslin . Coral reefs are sea formations that are formed of cnidarians, and are the largest living organisms on earth. There are 12 inhabited islands (2016), The major are Coëtivy with 260 and Desroches with a 100. The Inner Islands which are mostly granitic, cluster mainly around the principal islands of Mahé, Praslin and La Digue, forming the cultural and economic hub of Seychelles, as well as the centre of its tourism industry.Together they are home to the majority of Seychelles’ accommodation facilities as well almost the entire population of the archipelago. It is roughly 5 degrees South of the equator, and about 1,000 miles off the coast of Africa. Collective term for those islands of the Seychelles that are not on the shallow Seychelles Bank, "POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS MID YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES 2019", Save Our Seas Foundation: "The D’Arros Group of Island becomes a natural reserve managed by Save our Seas Foundation", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outer_Islands_(Seychelles)&oldid=964686127, Articles containing Seselwa Creole French-language text, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2016, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2020, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Library of Congress Country Studies, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 June 2020, at 00:02. There are 43 Inner islands in total – 41 granitic and 2 coralline. There are no fewer than 11 species and 17 sub-species of birds endemic to the islands, including the Seychelles scops owl, a bird so rare that no nest has ever been found. Kingman Reef is largely submerged and Filippo Reef is shown on some maps, although its existence is doubted. There are 12 inhabited islands (2016), The major are Coëtivy with 260 and Desroches with a 100. The Outer Islands or Coralline Seychelles – is where true adventure lies, amid the azure world of the open ocean and the turquoise of remote lagoons. The Northern Coral Islands include Bird Island and Denis Island. The Outer Islands are divided into five groups: The lack of natural fresh water sources and infertile soils of these islands can sustain human life only with difficulty. The Seychelles is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar, consisting of more than 100 islands of which 83 are named and 46 are permanently uninhabited. The islands of the Mahé group are rocky and typically have a narrow coastal strip and a central range of hills. Widespread intermarriage has resulted in a population of mixed descent. Island-hop between the Coralline Seychelles, towards the forgotten island of Aldabra, known as the ‘Galapagos of Africa’. The latter has over 70 islands which are flat and coralline but largely uninhabited due to the lack of sufficient freshwater resources. The Seychelles are located at a sufficiently large distance from the cyclones that bring cold, so even the coolness in the Seychelles is rare. Most of the Islands in Seychelles are not inhabited; many are nature reserves. 3. The island nation contains 115 islands in total. They then bring plant seeds onto the islands in their feathers or they are excreted in their faeces. This, by itself, is an intriguing enough fact. Seychelles consist of 115 granitic and coralline Islands spread over one million square kilometers of tranquil waters just south of the Equator, some 43 granite islands are clustered around Mahé, while 73 coral islands extend towards the East African coast. In total, there are 73 coral islands in the Seychelles. They marvelled at the tortoises: “ There were some that six men could not lift to put into our canoe…”, but they were desperate for water and found none. The Seychelles archipelago is made up of 115 granitic and coralline islands, spread over a huge sea area of about 600,000 km² in the Western Indian Ocean. In addition, SeyVillas alternatively grants you the right to change your booking free of charge up to 4 days prior to departure to another date of the same value (= same season, surcharges for higher seasonal rates may apply). They are generally more mountainous, humid, and populated. A coral island is caused by permanent changes in sea levels. Out of these islands, 11 offer luxury accommodation, and we can put any combination of them together for you to create your own Inner Island Hopping Itinerary. As of 2016[update] the population is 701 although this figure increases during the short summer vacation when Mahe people come to work in tourism and fishing on the islands. The Northern Coral Islands (or Northern Coral Group) is a collective term for the islands that are located within the Seychelles reef plain, but are not made of granite like the other inner islands. The rocks of most of the granitic islands are some 750 million years old and originate from the great ancient Southern super continent called Gondwana. The Inner Islands which are mostly granitic, cluster mainly around the principal islands of Mahé, Praslin and La Digue, forming the cultural and economic hub of Seychelles, as well as the centre of its tourism industry. 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