Southern Coral Group is a collective term for two islands of
Outer Islands of the
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...
, lying in the south of the island nation, between 135 and 300 kilometers south of the capital,
Victoria, on
Mahé Island.
Islands
Two widely separated islands, with a distance of 171 km from one another, make up the Southern Coral Group. They are both sand cays, situated on the northeastern sides of pseudo-
atoll
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ÃŽle Platte
Platte Island or ÃŽle Platte is an island in the Southern Coral Group that is part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
Geography
The island is located south of the Seychelles Bank at . Coëtivy Island (also Southern Coral Group) lies ...
in the north
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Coëtivy Island in the southeast
Population
Both islands are inhabited. The main settlement is on Coëtivy Island.
References
External links
Island guide 1Island guide 2National Bureau of StatisticsInfo on the island
Outer Islands (Seychelles)
Archipelagoes of Seychelles
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