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.
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Curieuse’i saar”, “Île Curieuse”, “Курьёз”, and “Кюрьйоз”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Anse Lazio.
Curieuse Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Seychelles, East African Islands, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-4.28424° or 4° 17′ 3″ south
Longitude
55.72837° or 55° 43′ 42″ east
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
6H7QPP8H+88
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Curieuse Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Curieuse”
- Cebuano: “Curieuse”
- Chinese: “屈里厄斯岛”
- Chinese: “屈里厄斯島”
- Dutch: “Curieuse”
- Esperanto: “Curieuse”
- Estonian: “Curieuse”
- French: “Curieuse”
- Galician: “Curieuse”
- Georgian: “კურიოზი”
- German: “Curieuse”
- Hausa: “Ruwan Tsibirin Curieuse”
- Italian: “Curieuse”
- Korean: “큐리어스섬”
- Polish: “Curieuse”
- Russian: “Кюрьёз”
- Spanish: “Curieuse”
- Ukrainian: “Кюр’єз”
- Urdu: “کیوریوز جزیرہ”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Anse Boudin and Anse Kerlan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Curieuse and Anse St. José.
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Worth a closer look: Victoria and Aldabra.
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