Glacis

Glacis is an administrative district of located in the North Region of the island of Mahé. It also encompasses uninhabited Mamelles Island 13 kilometers to the northeast of Mahé, and the tiny Brisan Rocks in between.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Seychelles with 3,640 residents
  • Description: district of Seychelles
  • Also known as: “Glacis, Seychelles”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beau Vallon and Victoria.

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is a beach resort on the northwest corner of Mahe, .

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is the capital of the islands, on the island of Mahe.

Glacis

Latitude
-4.575° or 4° 34′ 30″ south
Longitude
55.4417° or 55° 26′ 30″ east
Population
3,640
Elevation
325 metres (1,066 feet)
Open location code
6H7QCCFR+XM
Geo­Names ID
241336
Wiki­data ID
Q3241696
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Glacis” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ግላሲስ”
  • Arabic: “غلاسيس”
  • Azerbaijani: “Glacis”
  • Belarusian: “Гласіс”
  • Bengali: “গ্লাচিচ”
  • Catalan: “Glacis”
  • Cebuano: “Glacis”
  • Chinese: “格拉西区”
  • Chinese: “格拉西斯区”
  • Chinese: “格拉西斯區”
  • Danish: “Glacis”
  • Dutch: “Glacis”
  • Finnish: “Glacis”
  • French: “Glacis”
  • Georgian: “გლასი”
  • German: “Glacis”
  • Greek: “Γκλέισις”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્લેસિસ”
  • Hausa: “Glacis”
  • Hindi: “ग्लैसिस”
  • Indonesian: “Glacis, Seychelles”
  • Indonesian: “Glacis”
  • Italian: “Glacis”
  • Japanese: “グラシ”
  • Javanese: “Glacis”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ಲೇಸಿಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Глясис”
  • Kirghiz: “Глясис”
  • Korean: “글라시구”
  • Latvian: “Glāsisa”
  • Lithuanian: “Glasisas”
  • Malay: “Glacis, Seychelles”
  • Malay: “Glacis”
  • Marathi: “ग्लॅक्स”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Glacis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint Thomas Lowland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint Thomas Lowland”
  • Oromo: “Glacis”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਲਾਸਿਸ”
  • Persian: “گلاسیس”
  • Polish: “Glacis”
  • Portuguese: “Glacis”
  • Pushto: “گلاسیس”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Glacis”
  • Russian: “Гласис”
  • Sinhala: “ග්ලාසිස්”
  • Sinhala: “ග්ලැසිස්, සීෂෙල්ස්”
  • Somali: “Glacis”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Glacis”
  • Spanish: “Glacis”
  • Swahili: “Glacis”
  • Swedish: “Glacis, Seychellerna”
  • Swedish: “Glacis”
  • Tajik: “Глясис”
  • Tamil: “க்ளாஸிஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Glacis”
  • Telugu: “గ్లేసిస్”
  • Thai: “กลาซิส เซย์เชลเลส”
  • Turkish: “Glacis”
  • Ukrainian: “Гласі, Глясі”
  • Ukrainian: “Гласі”
  • Urdu: “جلاکیس”
  • Urdu: “گلاسی، سیچیلیس”
  • Uzbek: “Glacis”
  • Vietnamese: “Glacis”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Glacis and Machabee.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mount Howard and North Hill.

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