Silhouette Island

Silhouette Island lies 20 km northwest of Mahé in the . It is the third largest granitic island in the Seychelles. It has an area of 20.1 km2 and has a population of 200, mostly workers on the island.
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Silhouette Island

Latitude
-4.4889° or 4° 29′ 20″ south
Longitude
55.2304° or 55° 13′ 50″ east
Population
150
Elevation
569 metres (1,867 feet)
Open location code
6H7QG66J+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23564990
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
241163
Wiki­data ID
Q40413
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Silhouette Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة سيلويت
  • Bulgarian: Силует
  • Bulgarian: Силхоуете
  • Catalan: Silhouette
  • Cebuano: Silhouette
  • Chinese: 錫盧埃特島
  • Dutch: Silhouette
  • Esperanto: Silhouette
  • Estonian: Silhouette’i saar
  • Estonian: Silhouette
  • French: Île Silhouette
  • French: Silhouette
  • Galician: Silhouette
  • Georgian: სილუეტი (კუნძული)
  • Georgian: სილუეტი
  • German: Silhouette Insel
  • German: Silhouette Island
  • German: Silhouette
  • Hausa: Ruwan Tsibirin Silhouette
  • Hebrew: אי הצללית
  • Italian: isola Silhouette
  • Italian: Isola Silhouette
  • Italian: Silhouette
  • Japanese: シルエット島
  • Lithuanian: Silueto sala
  • Polish: Silhouette
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Silhouette
  • Portuguese: Ilha Silhouette
  • Russian: Силуэт
  • Spanish: Isla de Silhouette
  • Spanish: Isla Silhouette
  • Ukrainian: Силует

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