page_title: Amirante Islands
hierarchical_section_title: Amirante Islands
caption_attribution_description: English: Satellite picture of the Amirante Islands group. Located in the Outer Islands (Coralline Seychelles) coral archipelago of the Seychelles islands and nation. NASA World Wind screenshot mosaic (of three parts north-south).
context_page_description: The Amirante Islands are a group of coral islands and atolls that belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
  They stretch about 155 km from the African Banks in the north to Desnœufs in the south, all on the shallow Amirantes Bank, except the main island Île Desroches in the east, and submerged Lady Denison-Pender Shoal at the northern end. 90 km south of the Amirante Islands is Alphonse Group, the closest group of islands, which are sometimes considered part of the Amirantes.
context_section_description: The Amirante Islands (Les Amirantes) are a group of coral islands and atolls that belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
  They stretch about 155 km from the African Banks (African Islands) in the north to Desnœufs (Isle des Noeufs) in the south, all on the shallow Amirantes Bank (Amirantes Plateau, with depths of mostly 25 to 70 m), except the main island Île Desroches in the east, and submerged Lady Denison-Pender Shoal at the northern end. 90 km south of the Amirante Islands is Alphonse Group, the closest group of islands, which are sometimes considered part of the Amirantes.
caption: Satellite Image Map, with neighbouring Alphonse Group in the lower left
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