The Seychelles Archipelago Author(s): J. Stanley Gardiner Source: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Feb., 1907), pp. 148-168 Published by: geographicalj Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1776533 Accessed: 04-06-2016 11:18 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), Wiley are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Geographical Journal This content downloaded from 128.210.126.199 on Sat, 04 Jun 2016 11:18:05 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms ( 148 ) THE SEYCHELLES ARCHIPELAGO.* By J. STANLEY GARDINER, M.A., Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. THE Seychelles archipelago consists of twenty-nine islands, situated about 575 miles to the north of Madagascar, 1500 miles to the south- west of India, 1725 miles from Aden, and 1100 miles from Zanzibar. With the exceptions of Bird and Dennis, they lie towards the centre of a large bank, included within the 50-fathom line, almost within sight of one another, and are of granitic formation, rising into hills, which vary in height with their size. Mahe is the biggest, covering an area of about 53 square miles, and rising to 2993 feet.