Curieuse Island
Curieuse Island is a small granitic island 1.13 sq mi in the Seychelles close to the north coast of the island of Praslin. Curieuse is notable for its bare red earth intermingled with the unique coco de mer palms, one of the cultural icons of the Seychelles, only growing on the two neighboring islands.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 170 metres (560 feet)
- …is also known as “Île Curieuse”
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Curieuse Island
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Latitude
-4.28424° or 4° 17′ 3″ south
Longitude
55.72837° or 55° 43′ 42″ east
Open location code
6H7QPP8H+88
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Curieuse Island” goes by many names.
CurieuseCatalan
CurieuseCebuano
屈里厄斯岛Chinese
屈里厄斯島Chinese
CurieuseDutch
CurieuseEsperanto
CurieuseEstonian
Curieuse’i saarEstonian
CurieuseGalician
კურიოზიGeorgian
Ruwan Tsibirin CurieuseHausa
CurieuseItalian
큐리어스섬Korean
CurieusePolish
Curieuse IslandPolish
КурьёзRussian
КюрьёзRussian
Кюр’єзUkrainian
КюрьйозUkrainian
کیوریوز جزیرہUrdu
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