Aldabra Expeditions - Eco and Dive cruise with Silhouette Cruises Ltd

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Source: STB
Seychelles' 115 islands fall under two distinct groups; Inner Islands and Outer Islands.
The 43 Inner Islands - 41 granitic and 2 coralline - cluster mainly within the relatively shallow Seychelles' plateau, 4° south of the equator and roughly 1800 km distant from the east coast of Africa while the 72 low-lying coralline cays, atolls and reef islands of the Outer Islands lie mainly beyond the plateau up to 10° south of the equator.
These Outer Islands are divided into five groups: the Amirantes group lying 230km distant from Mahé, the Southern Coral Group, Alphonse Group, Farquhar Group and finally the Aldabra Group, some 1150km from Mahé.