Posts Tagged ‘Indian Ocean’

Seychelles

Seychelles Seychelles

The Republic of Seychelles (French Republique des Seychelles, English Republic of Seychelles, Seish. Repiblik Sesel) is an island state in East Africa. The state is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

The Seychelles are located in the western part of the Indian Ocean, slightly south of the equator, about 1600 km east of the African mainland, north of Madagascar. Read the rest of this entry »

Philippines

Philippines Philippines

The Philippines is an island nation in Southeast Asia.

There are over 7,600 islands in the Philippines, of which about 2,000 are uninhabited islands.
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Australia

Australia Australia

A state in the Southern Hemisphere, occupying the mainland of the same name, the island of Tasmania and several other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Australia has a population of 25,180,200 (31 December 2018), most of whom live in cities on the east coast. Read the rest of this entry »

Maldives

Maldives Maldives Islands

Exotic islands

Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is a small archipelagic state in South Asia, situated in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean.

It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about 700 kilometres (430 mi) from the Asian continent’s mainland. The chain of 26 atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to Addu Atoll in the south (across the Equator). Read the rest of this entry »