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Conservation. Sustainability. Development
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The Islands
The beautiful and remote outer islands of Seychelles are spread over half of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The Islands Development Company was incorporated in April 1980, to create a structure to enable the economy of the outer islands to be developed.
The Islands Development Company are now responsible for sixteen outer islands, some of which are atolls and for Silhouette, situated within the inner islands group.
The Islands Development Company are now responsible for sixteen outer islands, some of which are atolls and for Silhouette, situated within the inner islands group.
Alphonse
Situated 400km southwest of Victoria. It consists 174 hectares of land and a lagoon of 540 hectares. The Alphonse group includes St. Francois atoll, comprising two islands: Bijoutier and St. Francois.
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African Banks, Etoile & Boudeuse
African Banks (235 kilometres from Victoria), Étoile (305 kilometres) and Boudeuse (330 kilometres) are uninhabited islands of the Amirantes. In 2022, the government leased these three islands to IDC for conservation purposes.
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Assomption
Located 1,140km southwest of Victoria, this island spans 1,171 hectares, making it the largest outer island of Seychelles after Aldabra and about ten percent larger than La Digue.
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Astove
Situated 1,045km southwest of Victoria, and stands on the same volcanic basement as Cosmoledo. It is one continuous landmass of 661 hectares, surrounding a shallow lagoon of approximately 5 sq km.
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Coetivy
Lies 290km south of Victoria. Excluding the raised limestone islands of the Aldabra group, Coetivy is the largest coral island of Seychelles at 931 hectares.
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Cosmoledo
Lies 1,030km southwest of Victoria, 35 km north of Astove and 115km southeast of Aldabra. It is a raised coral atoll of 460 hectares and has a lagoon of 14,500 hectares.
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Desnoeufs
Situated 325km southwest of Victoria, and 12km southwest of Marie-Louise, its nearest neighbour. It has an area of 35 hectares and has a sandstone core.
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Desroches
The largest island of the Amirantes at 394 hectares, lying 230km southwest of Victoria. It is a sand cay on the western edge of a submerged atoll, 20km in diameter.
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Farquhar
Lies 770km south-southwest of Victoria. It is the largest true atoll of Seychelles, at about 17,800 hectares. There are ten islands, North Island and South Island making up 97% of the landmass of 799 hectares.
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Marie-Louise
Situated 310km southwest of Victoria, it measures 52.5 hectares. It is an oval-shaped island about 1km by 0.5km, similar in structure to Desnoeufs.
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Ile Plate
Lies 140km south of Victoria. It is a small island of only 54 hectares. It was named for its low topography and shape, similar to a plate.
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Poivre
Lies 270km southwest of Victoria.
It is an atoll of 3 islands: Poivre Island (111 hectares), South Island (137 hectares) and Florentin (7.4 hectares.)
It is an atoll of 3 islands: Poivre Island (111 hectares), South Island (137 hectares) and Florentin (7.4 hectares.)
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Providence
A platform reef 710km south-southwest of Victoria. It lies 294km south of St. Francois. It comprises of Providence Island (157 hectares) and Bancs Providence (71 hectares.)
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Remire
Situated 245km southwest of Victoria and 25km south of African Banks. It is a small, oval-shaped island of just 27 hectares.
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Silhouette
The only IDC island within the granitic group. It lies 20km north of Mahe, and at 1,995 hectares it is the third largest granite island, and the fifth largest of Seychelles.
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