Key facts
- Location
- Seychelles , Indian Ocean
- Archipelago
- Inner Islands , Seychelles
- Adjacent to
- Indian Ocean
- Major islands
- La Digue
- Area
- 10.08 km (3.89 sq mi)
- Length
- 5 km (3.1 mi)
- Width
- 3.3 km (2.05 mi)
- Coastline
- 15.4 km (9.57 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 333 m (1093 ft)
- Highest point
- Belle Vue (Eagle's Nest Mountain)
- Group
- Inner Islands
- Sub group
- Granitic Seychelles
- Districts
- La Digue and Inner Islands
- Largest settlement
- La Passe (pop. ~2500)
- Population
- 2800 (2014)
- Pop density
- 278/km (720/sq mi)
- Ethnic groups
- Creole , French , East Africans , Indians .
- Time zone
- SCT ( UTC+4 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Seychelles
- Country
- Seychelles
- Located in
- La Digue and Inner Islands
- Population
- 2200
- Area
- 9.81
- Elevation
- 333
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Body of water
- Indian Ocean
- Location
- Indian Ocean
- Image
- Remote view of La Digue asv2024-09.jpg
- Width
- 3
- Length
- 5
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- Commons category
- La Digue
- located in/on physical feature
- Granitic Seychelles
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Encyclopedic overview
La Digue is the third most populated island of the Seychelles, and fourth largest by land area, lying east of Praslin and west of Felicite Island. In size, it is the fourth-largest granitic island of Seychelles after Mahé, Praslin, and Silhouette Island. It has a population of 2,800 people. Most of the inhabitants live in the west coast villages of La Passe (linked by ferry to Praslin and Mahé) and Anse Réunion. There is no airport on La Digue, so to get there from a foreign country, one must fly to Victoria and continue by ferry, usually via Praslin. It has an area of 10.08 km, making it relatively easy to travel by bike or on foot.
La Digue was named after a ship in the fleet of French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, who visited Seychelles in 1768.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Digue” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.