!!!Seychelles: Geography ||Location|archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar ||Geographic Coordinates|4 35 S, 55 40 E[{GoogleMap location='-4.5833335,55.666668' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''455 sq km\\''land: ''455 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 455\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 451\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 455\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 456\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 452\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 455''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] ||Land boundaries|0 km ||Coastline|491 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Indian Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Morne Seychellois 905 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs ||Natural Hazards|lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; occasional short droughts ||Natural Resource|fish, copra, cinnamon trees ||Land Use|''arable land: ''2.17%\\''permanent crops: ''4.35%\\''other: ''93.48% (2011) ||Climate|tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) ||Irrigated Land|2.6 sq km (2003) ||Renewable Water Resources|NA ||Environment_CurrentIssues|water supply depends on catchments to collect rainwater ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|Victoria\\ __[[Verified]__||Geography-note|smallest African country; the constitution of the Republic of Seychelles lists 155 islands: 42 granitic and 113 coralline; by far the largest island is Mahe, which is home to about 90% of the population and the site of the capital city of Victoria