Praslin
Praslin is the second largest island of the Seychelles. Praslin lies 45 km to the northwest of Mahé. Back in the mid-18th century, the island was called Ile de Palme.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Seychelles, Somali Sea
- Also known as: “Isle de Palmes”, “Park Narodowy Praslin”, “Praslin Island”, “Praslinas”, “Praslini saar”, “Пралин”, “Праслин”, and “普拉兰”
Praslin
- Category: landform
- Location: Grand’Anse Praslin, Seychelles, East African Islands, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-4.3251° or 4° 19′ 30″ south
Longitude
55.7339° or 55° 44′ 2″ east
Population
8,450
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
IATA airport code
PRI
UN/LOCODE
SC PRI
Open location code
6H7QMPFM+XG
OpenStreetMap ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Praslin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “براسلين”
- Armenian: “Պրասլեն”
- Basque: “Praslin (Seychelleak)”
- Basque: “Praslin”
- Belarusian: “Праслен”
- Catalan: “Praslin”
- Cebuano: “Praslin Island”
- Chinese: “普拉兰岛”
- Chinese: “普拉蘭島”
- Croatian: “Praslin”
- Czech: “Praslin”
- Danish: “Praslin”
- Dutch: “Praslin”
- Esperanto: “Praslin”
- Estonian: “Praslin”
- Finnish: “Praslin”
- French: “Praslin”
- Galician: “Praslin, Seychelles”
- Galician: “Praslin”
- Georgian: “პრასლინი”
- German: “Praslin”
- Greek: “Πράσλιν”
- Hausa: “Praslin”
- Hebrew: “פרלין”
- Hungarian: “Praslin-sziget”
- Indonesian: “Praslin”
- Interlingue: “Praslin”
- Italian: “Praslin”
- Japanese: “プララン島”
- Korean: “프라슬랭섬”
- Lithuanian: “Praslenas”
- Macedonian: “Прален”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Praslin”
- Norwegian: “Praslin”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Praslin”
- Persian: “پراسلین”
- Polish: “Praslin”
- Portuguese: “Praslin”
- Russian: “Праслен”
- Slovak: “Praslin (ostrov)”
- Slovak: “Praslin”
- Spanish: “Praslin”
- Swedish: “Praslin”
- Ukrainian: “Праслен”
- Vietnamese: “Praslin”
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