East African Islands
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Bird Island

Bird Island is the northernmost island in the archipelago, 100 km from Mahe. The 0.94 km2 coral island is known for its birdlife, including sooty terns, fairy terns and common noddies, and for hawksbill and green turtles.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Seychelles
  • Also known as: “Bird Island, Seychelles” and “Sea Cow island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bird Island Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves Bird Island, a small island 100 kilometres northwest of , the capital of the . The airport is served by Air Seychelles, which has chartered flights from on Mahé.

Bird Island

Latitude
-3.71889° or 3° 43′ 8″ south
Longitude
55.20604° or 55° 12′ 22″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
BDI
United Nations Location Code
SC BDI
Open location code
6H8Q76J4+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 37519756
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
241419
Wiki­data ID
Q28689
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Satellite Map

Discover Bird Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Bird Island” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Islla Bird”
  • Catalan: “Bird Island”
  • Cebuano: “Bird Island”
  • Chinese: “伯德島”
  • Dutch: “Bird”
  • Esperanto: “Birdinsulo”
  • Estonian: “Birdi saar”
  • French: “Bird”
  • French: “Île aux Oiseaux”
  • French: “Ile aux Vaches”
  • French: “île aux vaches”
  • French: “Ile Vaches de Mer”
  • German: “Bird Island”
  • German: “Île aux Vaches”
  • Japanese: “バードアイランド (セイシェル)”
  • Japanese: “バード島”
  • Macedonian: “Птичји Остров”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bird”
  • Polish: “Bird Island”
  • Polish: “Ile aux Vaches”
  • Polish: “Île aux Vaches”
  • Russian: “Бёрд”
  • Ukrainian: “Берд”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Passe Coco and Bird Island Museum.

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