Aldabra, the largest coral atoll in the world, you hear in the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean to the outer islands of the Seychelles is located. Aldabra was designated on UNESCO's World Heritage 19th November 1982 and operated by Mahe on the Seychelles Islands Foundation. Visitors must obtain prior written permission of the SIF, visit Aldabra. E 'isolated and untouched by humans and retains a distinctive character of the fauna of the island, including the Aldabra giant tortoise,Population, which is about 152,000.

Aldabra Atoll consists of four large coral islands, enclosing a lagoon surrounded by a coral reef. It is 34 km long, 14.5 km wide and has an area of ​​155.4 km. The lagoon measures 224 km ², which covered about two thirds dry at low tide. The atoll consists of a ring of four larger islands.

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The island is more than 700 miles from Mahé, the main island of Seychelles and is closer to the coastAfrica and 265 miles northwest of Madagascar and a similar distance north-east of the Comoros. The head of research, the leaders of Iceland and their rangers and staff living in Picard, the southwest corner of West Iceland. There are other permanent residents.

In addition, there are some forty smaller islands and rocks, all within the lagoon, with the exception of some very small islands west of the canal, between the South and the Islands Polymnia. The islands are limestone plateau, sandDunes and beaches will remain on the base of a coral reef.

Aldabra has a number of endemic plant species. The higher areas are sort of Pemphis often invaded coastal shrubs, while the lower areas, the home of giant tortoises are a mix of trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses are. There are also coconut crab, the world's largest land crab and hammerhead sharks, manta rays, barracuda and known as a breeding ground for sea turtles and sea turtles. Birds include AldabraAldabra Rail, the last surviving bird flying in the Indian Ocean, and endangered Madagascar Sacred Ibis and a large number of nesting seabirds. The atoll of four large coral islands which enclose a shallow lagoon covered the island group itself is surrounded by a coral reef. Because of the difficulties of access and isolation is the atoll of Aldabra protected from any human influence, and then keeps some 152,000 giant tortoises, the largest population of this worldReptiles.

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Aldabra Atoll – UNESCO World Heritage