Aldabra Atoll is located approximately 1,000 km southwest of the Seychelles and covers 500 km of the Indian Ocean along the southeastern coast of Tanzania. It covers a core protection area of 350 km2. The atoll is composed of four large coral islands that enclose a shallow lagoon. The group of islands is itself surrounded by a larger coral reef. Due to difficult accessibility and geographical isolation, Aldabra has been protected from human influences and thus retains some 152,000 giant tortoises.
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(2020). Aldabra Atoll, Tanzania. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_32
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