Assumption Island
Assumption Island is a small island in the Outer Islands of Seychelles north of Madagascar, 1,135 km southwest of the capital, Victoria. In 2018, Seychelles and India signed an agreement to build and operate a joint military facility on a portion of the island.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Indian Ocean
- Also known as: “アソンプシオン島”
Assumption Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Seychelles, East African Islands, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.72873° or 9° 43′ 43″ south
Longitude
46.51637° or 46° 30′ 59″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
6H287GC8+GG
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Assumption Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla d’Asunción”
- Bengali: “অ্যাসাম্পশন দ্বীপ”
- Catalan: “Illa Assumption”
- Cebuano: “Assumption”
- Chinese: “阿桑普申島”
- Dutch: “Assumption Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسومپتيون ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسومپتيون”
- Esperanto: “Ĉielira Insulo”
- Finnish: “Assumption (Seychellit)”
- Finnish: “Assumption”
- French: “île de l’Assomption”
- French: “Île de l’Assomption”
- Georgian: “ასამპშენი”
- German: “Assomption”
- Italian: “isola di Assumption”
- Italian: “Isola di Assumption”
- Japanese: “アサンプション島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Assumption”
- Norwegian: “Assumption”
- Polish: “Assumption (Seszele)”
- Polish: “Assumption”
- Russian: “Ассампшен”
- Spanish: “Isla de Asunción”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Успіння”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Assumption and Aldabra.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Assumption Island Airport and Pointe du Nord.
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Worth a closer look: Victoria and Aldabra.
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