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Amirante Islands

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The Amirante Islands, also called Les Amirantes, are a group of coral islands and atolls belonging to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, stretching about 155 kilometers across the shallow Amirantes Bank from the African Banks in the north to Desnoeufs in the south. The group comprises 20 islands with a total land area of only 11.5 square kilometers and a highest elevation of 15 meters, made up of eight single islands, five low sand cays and three uplifted sand cays, plus three atolls containing 18 further islets. Ile Desroches, the principal island, is the largest settlement, and as of a 2014 estimate the islands' total population was about 300. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Amirante Islands, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
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"name_eng": "Amirantes (Marine) to Fortune Bank (Marine) Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty", "desig_eng": "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty"
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Amirante Islands (Wikipedia)
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The Amirante Islands (Les Amirantes) are a group of coral islands and atolls that belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
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Wikidata: Amirante Islands
Wikidata Q472207, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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