Seychelles’ 115 islands fall into two distinct groups, the granitic Inner Islands that lie within the relatively shallow Seychelles plateau, 4° south of the equator, and the low-lying coralline Outer Islands that lie beyond the plateau up to 10° south of the equator.
The Outer Islands are themselves further divided into five groups, extending in a gleaming arc towards the east coast of Africa: the Amirantes group lying 230km distant from Mahé; the Southern Coral Group; Alphonse Group; Farquhar Group and finally the Aldabra Group, some 1150km from Mahé. There are 43 Inner Islands – 41 granitic and 2 coralline. All 72 Outer Islands are coralline.
Aldabra Group
Aldabra Atoll
Assumption
Astove
Cosmoledo Atoll
Amirantes Group
African Banks
D’Arros
Desroches
Poivre Atoll
Remire
St. Joseph Atoll
Southern Coral Group
Coëtivy
Platte
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 the 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. There are 43 Inner islands in total – 41 granitic and 2 coralline.
Main Islands
Mahé
Praslin
La Digue
Others
Bird Island
Cerf
Chauve Souris
Cousine
Denis Island
Frégate
North Island
Round Island (Praslin)
Silhouette
Ste. Anne
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