page_title: Geography of Seychelles
section_title: Facts and figures
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of Seychelles / Facts and figures
context_page_description: The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Somali sea northeast of Madagascar and about 835 mi from Mogadishu, Somalia, its nearest foreign mainland city, while Antsiranana is the nearest foreign city overall. Seychelles lies between approximately 4ºS and 10ºS and 46ºE and 54ºE. The nation is an archipelago of 115 tropical islands, some granite and some coral. the majority of which are small and uninhabited. The landmass is only 452 km², but the islands are spread wide over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,336,559 km². About 90 percent of the population of 90,000 live on Mahé, 9 percent on Praslin and La Digue. Around a third of the land area is the island of Mahé and a further third the atoll of Aldabra.
  There are two distinct regions, the granitic islands, the world's only oceanic islands of granitic rock and the coralline outer islands. The granite islands are the world’s oldest ocean islands, while the outer islands are mainly very young, though the Aldabra group and St Pierre are unusual, raised coral islands that have emerged and submerged several times during their long history, the most recent submergence dating from about 125,000 years ago
context_section_description: Geographic coordinates: 4°35′S 55°40′E
  Area:
  total:
  459 km²
  land:
  459 km²
  water:
  0 km²
  Land boundaries:
  0 km
  Coastline:
  491 km
  Maritime claims:
  continental shelf:
  200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) or to the edge of the continental margin
  exclusive economic zone:
  1,336,559 km² (516,048 sq mi) with 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)
  territorial sea:
  12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi)
  Elevation extremes:
  lowest point:
  Indian Ocean 0 m
  highest point:Morne Seychellois 905 m
  Natural resources:
  fish, copra, cinnamon trees
  Land use:
  arable land:
  2%
  permanent crops:
  13%
  permanent pastures:
  0%
  forests and woodland:
  11%
  other:
  74% (1993 est.)
  Irrigated land:
  0 km²
  Environment - international agreements:
  party to:
  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling
  signed, but not ratified:
  Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
caption: Detailed map of Seychelles
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