where is seychelles island
(August 2014). The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and about 1,600 km (994 mi) east of Kenya. Seychelles lies between approximately 4ÂºS and 10ÂºS and 46ÂºE and 54ÂºE. The nation is an archipelago of 155 tropical islands, some granite and some coral. the majority of which are small and uninhabited. The landmass is only 459 km 2, but the islands are spread over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,374,000 km 2.