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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Aldabra Atoll' has mentioned 'Island' in the following places:
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| It is situated in the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, with a distance of 1,120xc2xa0km (700xc2xa0mi) southwest of the capital, Victoria, on Mahxc3xa9 Island. | WIKI |
| [3] Sailors landed on the atoll in the 19th century and attempted to raid the island for tortoises as food; in 1842, two ships were reported to have taken 1200 of them. | WIKI |
| In the 1960s, as a part of their 'Ocean Island Policy', and to support East of Suez commitments, the British government considered establishing a RAF base on the island and invited the United States to help fund the project in return for shared use of the facility and a settlement of 11 million dollars. | WIKI |
| [12][13] In 1966, the Minister of Defence Dennis Healey of the British Government had observed that: "As I understand it, the island of Aldabra is inhabited - like Her Majesty's Opposition Front bench - by giant turtles, frigate birds and boobies. | WIKI |
| After completion of their assigned work, the Royal Society left and the Seychelles Island Foundation (SIF), a public trust of Seychelles, took over the management and protection of the atoll in 1979. | WIKI |
| [15] Located at 9xc2xb024xe2x80xb2S 46xc2xb022xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.400xc2xb0S 46.367xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.400; 46.367 and belongs to the Aldabra Group, one of the island groups of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, which includes the island of Assumption and the atolls of Astove and Cosmoledo. | WIKI |
| Aldabra atoll has, besides the four larger islands, some 40 smaller islands and rocks,[19] all inside the lagoon, as well as a few very small islets at the West Channels between Grand Terre Island and Picard Islands, the largest of those being xc3x8elot Magnan. | WIKI |
| xc2xa0 Island Sobriquet type Location Area(hectares) Coastline (km) Length (km) Width (km) Elevation (m) 1 Picard West island 09xc2xb022xe2x80xb255xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb013xe2x80xb210xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.38194xc2xb0S 46.21944xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.38194; 46.21944 928.70 25.80 3.20 3.90 0.00 2 Polymnie island 09xc2xb022xe2x80xb228xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb015xe2x80xb235xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.37444xc2xb0S 46.25972xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.37444; 46.25972 193.60 10.40 1.01 3.42 0.00 3 North Nixc3xa7ois xc3x8elot Nixc3xa7ois Nord island 09xc2xb022xe2x80xb247xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb015xe2x80xb227xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.37972xc2xb0S 46.25750xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.37972; 46.25750 2.80 0.94 0.38 0.09 0.00 4 South Nixc3xa7ois xc3x8elot Nixc3xa7ois Sud island 09xc2xb022xe2x80xb248xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb015xe2x80xb220xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.38000xc2xb0S 46.25556xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.38000; 46.25556 0.73 0.35 0.13 0.06 0.00 5 Gros Gros xc3x8eIot Gionnet island 09xc2xb022xe2x80xb256xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb016xe2x80xb228xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.38222xc2xb0S 46.27444xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.38222; 46.27444 4.00 1.08 0.40 0.12 0.00 6 Petite Petite xc3x8eIot Gionnet island 09xc2xb022xe2x80xb253xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb016xe2x80xb226xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.38139xc2xb0S 46.27389xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.38139; 46.27389 0.48 0.29 0.10 0.05 0.00 7 Malabar[20] Middle island 09xc2xb022xe2x80xb250xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb020xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.38056xc2xb0S 46.33333xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.38056; 46.33333 2650.50 52.5 2.00 17.70 0.00 8 Verte xc3x8ele Verte island 09xc2xb022xe2x80xb259xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb026xe2x80xb204xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.38306xc2xb0S 46.43444xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.38306; 46.43444 4.15 1.50 0.43 0.12 0.00 9 Marquoix xc3x8elot Marquoix island 09xc2xb023xe2x80xb205xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb025xe2x80xb256xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.38472xc2xb0S 46.43222xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.38472; 46.43222 1.62 0.88 0.25 0.11 0.00 10 North Coconut island 09xc2xb023xe2x80xb238xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb027xe2x80xb230xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.39389xc2xb0S 46.45833xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.39389; 46.45833 52.30 4.40 0.9 0.7 0.00 11 South Coconut island 09xc2xb024xe2x80xb212xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb027xe2x80xb240xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.40333xc2xb0S 46.46111xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.40333; 46.46111 58.10 4.26 1.1 0.6 0.00 12 Michael xc3x8ele Michel island 09xc2xb024xe2x80xb228xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb026xe2x80xb255xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.40778xc2xb0S 46.44861xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.40778; 46.44861 37.00 5.57 1.45 0.44 0.00 13 Petit Mentor Petit Mentor Endans island 09xc2xb026xe2x80xb213xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb022xe2x80xb210xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.43694xc2xb0S 46.36944xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.43694; 46.36944 0.10 0.10 0.03 0.03 0.00 14 Gros Gros xc3x8eIot Sxc3xa9same island 09xc2xb027xe2x80xb225xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb015xe2x80xb253xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.45694xc2xb0S 46.26472xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.45694; 46.26472 2.35 0.93 0.36 0.07 0.00 15 Petit Petit xc3x8eIot Sxc3xa9same island 09xc2xb027xe2x80xb234xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb015xe2x80xb258xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.45944xc2xb0S 46.26611xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.45944; 46.26611 0.20 0.20 0.06 0.04 0.00 16 Grand Terre South island 09xc2xb028xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb019xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.46667xc2xb0S 46.31667xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.46667; 46.31667 11400 106.65 34.10 8.50 0.00 17 Moustiques xc3x8ele Moustiques island 09xc2xb026xe2x80xb215xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb014xe2x80xb211xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.43750xc2xb0S 46.23639xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.43750; 46.23639 29.30 3.10 0.9 0.4 0.00 18 Euphrates[21] xc3x8ele Esprit island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb240xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb015xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.42778xc2xb0S 46.25000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.42778; 46.25000 36.10 2.77 1.05 0.5 0.00 19 Sylvestre West island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb237xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb015xe2x80xb222xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.42694xc2xb0S 46.25611xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.42694; 46.25611 0.40 0.30 0.05 0.1 0.00 20 Sylvestre East island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb236xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb015xe2x80xb226xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.42667xc2xb0S 46.25722xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.42667; 46.25722 0.20 0.20 0.05 0.04 0.00 21 Chalen island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb207xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb013xe2x80xb236xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.41861xc2xb0S 46.22667xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.41861; 46.22667 0.35 0.50 0.18 0.1 0.00 22 Grabeau island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb012xe2x80xb242xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.41667xc2xb0S 46.21167xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.41667; 46.21167 1.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22 Grande Magnan xc3x8elot Grande Magnan island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb012xe2x80xb242xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.41667xc2xb0S 46.21167xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.41667; 46.21167 5.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22 Petite Magnan xc3x8elot Petite Magnan island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb021xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.41667xc2xb0S 46.35000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.41667; 46.35000 2.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22 Lanier island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb021xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.41667xc2xb0S 46.35000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.41667; 46.35000 1.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22 Dubois island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb021xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.41667xc2xb0S 46.35000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.41667; 46.35000 2.73 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22 Yangue island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb021xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.41667xc2xb0S 46.35000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.41667; 46.35000 1.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22 Emile island 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb021xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.41667xc2xb0S 46.35000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.41667; 46.35000 5.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 xc2xa0 Aldabra Atoll Atoll 09xc2xb025xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3S 46xc2xb021xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf9.41667xc2xb0S 46.35000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -9.41667; 46.35000 15520.00 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 16 | WIKI |
| xc3x8ele aux Cendres xc3x8elot Parc Champignon des Os Grand Mentor Grand xc3x8eIot Heron Rock Hide Island xc3x8ele aux Aigrettes xc3x8ele aux Cxc3xa8dres xc3x8eles Chalands xc3x8ele Fangame xc3x8ele Hxc3xa9ron xc3x8ele Suacco xc3x8elot Dxc3xa9der xc3x8elot du Sud xc3x8elot du Milieu xc3x8elot du Nord xc3x8elot Macoa xc3x8elot Salade Middle Row Island Nobby Rock North Row Island Petit Mentor Petits xc3x8eIots Pink Rock South Row Island Table Ronde | WIKI |
| [36] Sharks, manta rays, barracuda can be found in the seas surrounding the island. | WIKI |
| Cats have been removed from all of the islands except Grande Terre Island, which allowed for the reintroduction of the Aldabra rail to Picard Island. | WIKI |
| Aldabra was until recently free of introduced birds, but the introduced Foudia madagascariensis that was introduced to Assumption Island now occurs on Aldabra. | WIKI |
| [6] Based on the evaluation process, UNESCO inscribed the site, a legally protected special reserve of 35,000 hectares (86,000 acres), on the list of World Heritage Sites under three criteria: Criterion (vii): Aldabra Atoll encompasses a large expanse of relatively untouched natural beauty where a number of important animal species and some plant species thrive, along with remarkable land formations, and its process provides a unique spectacle of natural phenomena;[6] Criterion (ix): The atoll is a superlative example of an oceanic island ecosystem in which evolutionary processes are active within a rich biota. | WIKI |
| The size and morphological diversity of the atoll has permitted the development of a variety of discrete insular communities with a high incidence of endemicity among the constituent species that are typical of island ecosystems. | WIKI |
| Visits to the island by people other than the scientists and staff of the SIF are strictly controlled and only guided tours are provided with prior permission. | WIKI |
| Map 1 District Map Map 2 Map 3 Map 4 NASA photo of Aldabra Atoll Aldabra and Assumption Island Aerial view of Aldabra | WIKI |
| Geomorphologic processes have produced a rugged topography, which supports a variety of habitats with a relatively rich biota for an oceanic island and a high degree of endemism. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ix): The property is an outstanding example of an oceanic island ecosystem in which evolutionary processes are active within a rich biota. | UNESCO |