Outer Seychelles
The Outer Islands or Coralline Seychelles is a collective term for those islands of the Seychelles that are not on the shallow Seychelles Bank which defines the location of the granitic Inner Islands archipelago to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Aldabra.
Aldabra
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aldabra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Outer Seychelles and the world's second-largest coral atoll.
Outer Seychelles
- Type: island group with 574 residents
- Description: collective term for those islands of the Seychelles that are not on the shallow Seychelles Bank
- Also known as: “Coralline Seychelles”, “Corraline Seychelles”, “Îles Extérieures des Seychelles”, “Outer Islands”, and “Zil Elwannyen Sesel”
- Category: district of Seychelles
- Location: Seychelles, East African Islands, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Outer Seychelles” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر العذراء البريطانية”
- Azerbaijani: “Xarici Seyşel adaları”
- Bengali: “আউটার আইল্যান্ড”
- Catalan: “Illes Exteriors de Seychelles”
- Chinese: “塞席爾外島”
- Chinese: “塞舌尔外岛”
- Chinese: “塞舌爾外島”
- Czech: “Vnější ostrovy”
- Danish: “Outer Islands”
- Dutch: “Buitenste eilanden”
- Dutch: “Outer Islands”
- Estonian: “Korallisaared”
- Estonian: “Outer Islands”
- Finnish: “Ulkosaaret”
- French: “Îles Extérieures des Seychelles”
- French: “îles Extérieures”
- French: “Îles Extérieures”
- French: “Zil Eloigne Sessel”
- French: “Zil Elwannyen Sesel”
- Georgian: “სეიშელის გარე კუნძულები”
- German: “Outer Islands”
- German: “Zil Elwannyen Sesel”
- Greek: “Νησιά Ούτερ”
- Gujarati: “આઉટર આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
- Hebrew: “האיים החיצוניים של סיישל”
- Hindi: “आउटर आइलैंड”
- Indonesian: “Outer Islands”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Luar (Seychelles)”
- Italian: “Isole Esterne delle Seychelles”
- Italian: “Isole Esterne”
- Japanese: “アウター諸島”
- Kannada: “ಹೊರ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
- Korean: “바깥 제도”
- Latvian: “Ārējās salas”
- Lithuanian: “Išorinės salos”
- Macedonian: “Надворешни Острови”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Luar”
- Malay: “Outer Islands”
- Marathi: “आऊटर आईसलँड”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ytre øyer”
- Persian: “جزایر بیرونی (سیشل)”
- Persian: “جزایر بیرونی”
- Polish: “Wyspy Zewnętrzne”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Outer”
- Romanian: “Insulele externe, Seychelles”
- Romanian: “Insulele externe”
- Russian: “Внешние острова”
- Russian: “Внешние Сейшельские острова”
- Sinhala: “ඖටර් දුපත්”
- Spanish: “Islas Exteriores”
- Swedish: “Outer Islands”
- Tamil: “வுட்டர் இஸ்லாண்ட்ஸ்”
- Telugu: “ఔటర్ దీవులు”
- Thai: “เอาเทอะ ไอซ์แลนด์”
- Turkish: “Dış Adalar”
- Ukrainian: “Зовнішні Сейшельські острови”
- Ukrainian: “Сейшельські острови”
- Urdu: “آؤٹر آئی لینڈ”
- Urdu: “بیرونی جزائر”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Outer”
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