Southern Coral Group

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; 55.733Coordinates: 06°30′S 55°44′E / 6.500°S 55.733°E / -6.500; 55.733
Archipelago	Seychelles
Adjacent bodies of water	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.

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:

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