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fiogf49gjkf0d THESE ISLANDS ARE AN ARCHIPELAGO, WHICH OCCUPY THE WESTERN
AREA OF THE INDIAN OCEAN. OVER 100 NAMED ISLANDS FORM THE
SEYCHELLES GROUP. MOST OF THESE ISLANDS ARE CORALLINE AND
STRETCH OVER A LARGE AREA TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST.
THE MAIN ISLAND OF MAHE IS MOUNTAINOUS, WITH ITS HIGHEST
PEAK BEING AT A HEIGHT OF 903M.
THE SEYCHELLES IS MADE UP OF TWO MAIN ISLANDS: THE MAHE
GROUP AND THE CORALLINE ISLANDS. THE MAHE GROUP IS A GROUP
OF APPROXIMATELY 40 CENTRAL GRANITIC ISLANDS, WHEREAS THE
SECOND GROUP IS COMPOSED OF 52 OUTER CORALLINE ISLANDS.
THE ISLANDS OF MAHE ARE ROCKY, WITH A NARROW COASTLINE.
FURTHER INLAND BECOMES QUITE HILLY. MAHE'S BEACHES ARE
QUITE LONG AND COVERED IN SILVER WHITE SAND SURROUNDED BY
CLEAR LAGOONS.
RISING ONLY A FEW METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL, YOU WILL FIND
THE CORALLINE ISLANDS. LAND IS FLAT WITH ODD ELEVATED
CORAL REEFS. THESE ISLANDS ARE UNINHABITABLE AND
PRACTICALLY WATERLESS.
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