Desroches Island

Desroches Island or Île Desroches is the main island of the , part of the of the . It is located 227 km southwest of the national capital .
Wikipedia
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  • Island
  • …has 19 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 18 metres (59 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code DES
  • Description: island in Seychelles

Places of Interest

Highlights include Desroches Airport.
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is an airport serving Desroches Island in the .

Desroches Island

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Latitude
-5.68915° or 5° 41′ 21″ south
Longitude
53.67086° or 53° 40′ 15″ east
UN/LOCODE
SC DES
Open location code
6H6M8M6C+88
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23564975
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
241355
Wiki­data ID
Q620506

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Desroches Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Desroches”
  • Cebuano: “Île Desroches”
  • Chinese: “德罗什岛”
  • Chinese: “德羅什島”
  • Dutch: “Desroches”
  • Finnish: “Desroches Island”
  • Finnish: “Desrochesin saari”
  • Finnish: “Desrochesinsaari”
  • Finnish: “Ile Desroches”
  • Finnish: “Île Desroches”
  • French: “Ile Desroches”
  • French: “île Desroches”
  • French: “Île Desroches”
  • Galician: “Desroches”
  • Galician: “Illa Desroches”
  • Georgian: “დეროში”
  • German: “Desroche”
  • German: “Desroches”
  • Italian: “Desroches”
  • Italian: “isola Desroches”
  • Italian: “Isola Desroches”
  • Japanese: “デロッシュ島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Desroches”
  • Norwegian: “Desroches”
  • Polish: “Desroches”
  • Russian: “Дерош”
  • Spanish: “Isla Desroches”
  • Ukrainian: “Дерош”

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