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Seychelles

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Seychelles

The world's smallest African country, with the oldest ocean islands/Landforms

The Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar. With a total land area of just 459 square kilometers, it is the smallest country in Africa and one of the smallest in the world. Uniquely, the inner islands are granitic rather than volcanic or coral, making them the world's oldest ocean islands at roughly 750 million years old. The Vallee de Mai on Praslin Island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site home to the coco de mer palm, which produces the world's largest seed (up to 25 kg). The Seychelles giant tortoise can live over 150 years.

Measurements

Total land area459 million m^2
7.9 thousandthsLake Michigan surfaces
1,350Disneylands
290,506Hockey rinks
Exclusive economic zone1.3 trillion m^2
788 billionHuman skin surfaces
893 billionMoose antlers
3.9 millionDisneylands
Highest point (Morne Seychellois)905 m
2Petronas Tower heights
2.1 hundredthsMarathon distances
3 trillionthsOort Cloud edges
Largest island (Mahe) length27,000 m
27 quintillionthsMilky Way diameters
300,000French fry lengths
3.4 millionLego studs
Granite island age23.7 quadrillion s
113 trillionPop songs
263 trillionRed lights
2.6 trillionMarvel movies

Roughly 750 million years old

Largest coco de mer seed25 kg
403 millionthsM1 Abrams tanks
11Bags of flour
545Golf balls
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