Southern Coral Group

Coëtivy Island. NASA Image

Southern Coral Group

Geography
Location| Indian Ocean
Coordinates| 06°30′S 55°44′E﻿ / ﻿6.500°S 55.733°E﻿ / -6.500; 55.733
Archipelago| Seychelles
Adjacent to| Indian Ocean
Total islands| 2
Major islands|

* Coëtivy
* Île Platte

Area| 9.908 km2 (3.826 sq mi)
Highest elevation| 21 m (69 ft)
Highest point| Coëtivy
Administration

Seychelles

Group| Outer Islands
Sub-Group| Southern Coral Group
Districts| Outer Islands District
Largest settlement| Coëtivy (pop. 260)
Demographics
Population| 263 (2014)
Pop. density| 26.5/km2 (68.6/sq mi)
Ethnic groups| Creole, French, East Africans, Indians.
Additional information
Time zone|

* SCT (UTC+4)

ISO code| SC-26
Official website| www.seychelles.travel/en/discover/the-islands/outer-islands

Southern Coral Group is a collective term for two islands of Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the south of the island nation, between 135 and 300 kilometers south of the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island.

## Islands

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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-atolls:

1. Île Platte in the north
2. Coëtivy Island in the southeast

## Population

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Both islands are inhabited. The main settlement is on Coëtivy Island.

## References

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## External links

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* Africa portal

* Island guide 1
* Island guide 2
* National Bureau of Statistics
* Info on the island

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Outer islands of Seychelles / Coralline Seychelles (Zil Elwannyen Sesel)

Outer island Groups|

* Aldabra Group
* Alphonse Group
* Amirante Islands
* Farquhar Group
* Southern Coral Group

Islands and Atolls|

| Aldabra Group|

* Aldabra
* Assumption Island
* Cosmoledo
* Astove Atoll

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Alphonse Group|

* Alphonse Atoll
* St. François Atoll

Amirante Islands|

* D'Arros Island
* Desroches Island
* Desnoeufs Island
* Marie Louise Island
* Poivre Atoll
* Remire Island
* St. Joseph Atoll

Farquhar Group|

* Farquhar Atoll
* Providence-Cerf
* St. Pierre Island

Southern Coral Group|

* Coëtivy Island
* Île Platte

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