Conception Island
Conception Island is a small island in the Seychelles 2 km west of Mahé. Conception contained a coconut plantation until the mid-1970s; today it is uninhabited.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Concept Island” and “Conception Island, Seychelles”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morne Seychellois National Park and Beau Vallon.
Morne Seychellois National Park
Photo: Botev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
There are few tropical rainforests in the world that have been left in their original pristine condition whilst free of all the nasty tropical diseases like zika or malaria – while there are close competitors in Australia and Singapore, there is no better example than the Seychellois island of Mahé's national park, Morne Seychellois National Park.
Beau Vallon
Photo: Welcomematt22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beau Vallon is a beach resort on the northwest corner of Mahe, Seychelles. This is where the majority of Seychelles' visitors stay during their visit and is also where much of the tourist infrastructure is located.
Conception Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Seychelles, East African Islands, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Conception Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Conception Island”
- Chinese: “康塞普申島”
- French: “Conception”
- German: “Conception Island”
- Macedonian: “Консептион”
- Polish: “Conception”
- Spanish: “Isla Concepción (Seychelles)”
- Swedish: “Conception Island, Seychellerna”
- Swedish: “Conception Island”
- Ukrainian: “Консепшен”
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