Amirante Islands

The Amirante Islands are a group of coral islands and atolls that belong to the of the . They stretch about 155 km from the in the north to in the south, all on the shallow Amirantes Bank, except the main island in the east, and submerged Lady Denison-Pender Shoal at the northern end.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
  • Description: Seychelles group of islands
  • Also known as
    “Amirante Group”
    “Amirante Isles”
    “Amirantes”
    “the Amirante archipelago”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poivre Atoll.
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Poivre Islands are a group of islands in Seychelles… is situated 9 km south of Amirante Islands.

Amirante Islands

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Latitude
-5.6721° or 5° 40′ 20″ south
Longitude
53.28453° or 53° 17′ 4″ east
Open location code
6H6M87HM+5R
Geo­Names ID
241289
Wiki­data ID
Q472207

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Amirante Islands” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ամիրանտյան կղզիներ”
  • Belarusian: “Аміранцкія астравы”
  • Breton: “Inizi Amirante”
  • Bulgarian: “Амирантски острови”
  • Catalan: “Illes Almirall”
  • Cebuano: “Les Amirantes”
  • Chinese: “阿米蘭特群島”
  • Czech: “Amiranty”
  • Dutch: “Amiranten”
  • Esperanto: “Amirantoj”
  • Estonian: “Admiralisaared”
  • Estonian: “Amirandid”
  • Finnish: “Amirantit”
  • French: “Amirante Islands”
  • French: “Amirantes”
  • French: “Îles Amirante”
  • French: “Îles Amirantes”
  • French: “Ilhas do Almirante”
  • French: “Les Amirantes”
  • Galician: “Illas do Almirante”
  • Georgian: “ამირანტის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Admiranten”
  • German: “Almiranten”
  • German: “Amirante Islands”
  • German: “Amiranten Inseln”
  • German: “Amiranten”
  • Italian: “Amirantes”
  • Japanese: “アミラント諸島”
  • Japanese: “ルミール島”
  • Korean: “아미란테 제도”
  • Lithuanian: “Amirantų salos”
  • Macedonian: “Амирантски Острови”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amirantene”
  • Norwegian: “Amirantene”
  • Polish: “Amiranty”
  • Portuguese: “Amirante”
  • Portuguese: “Amirantes”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Amirante”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas do Almirante”
  • Russian: “Амирантес”
  • Russian: “Амирантские острова”
  • Slovak: “Amiranty”
  • Spanish: “Islas Amirante”
  • Spanish: “Islas Amirantes”
  • Swedish: “Amiranterna”
  • Ukrainian: “Амірантські острови”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿米兰特群岛”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Poivre Nord and Desroches.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sand Cay and Bertaut Reef.

Seychelles: Highlights

Learn more about Victoria and Aldabra.
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