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Mauritius is encircled by a broken ring of mountain ranges, varying in height from 300 to 800 metres (1,000 to 2,600 ft) above sea level. The land rises from coastal plains to a central plateau where it reaches a height of 670 m (2,200 ft); the highest peak is in the south-west, Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire at 828 metres (2,717 ft ...
Islets of Mauritius: Port Louis: 1871: 1252980 Ile aux Benitiers: Ile aux Benitiers: 0.7: 10 Ile Aux Cerfs: Le Touessrok Resort: 1.2: 0 Ile des Deux Cocos: Deux Cocos Resort: 0.04: 2 Mauritius Island: Port Louis: Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Quatre Bornes, Vacoas-Phoenix, Curepipe: 1860: 1252964 More Mauritius Islands: Ile aux Aigrettes
Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire (Little Black River Peak) is the highest mountain on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean.Located in the Rivière Noire District and rising to a height of 828 m (2,717 ft) above sea level, it forms part of the Black River mountain range.
Le Morne Brabant [lə mɔʁn bʁa.bɑ̃] is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. On it is a basaltic monolith of the same name 556 metres (1,824 ft) high. Its summit covers an area of over 12 hectares (30 acres). There are many caves and overhangs on the steep slopes.
Chamarel is a village located in the western hills on the west coast of Mauritius at an elevation of about 850 feet (260 m) between Savanne and the Black river districts where the cascades are formed on the River du Capano flowing through an "amphitheater of abrupt rocks".
Pieter Both, sometimes referred to as Peter Botte Mountain, [1] is the second highest mountain of Mauritius, at 820 metres (2,690 ft) tall. [2] The mountain is slightly shorter than Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire by eight metres. It is named after Pieter Both, the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. It is located in the Moka ...
Le Pouce (French: [lə pus]; English: "The Thumb") is the third highest mountain in Mauritius, at 812 meters (2664 feet). [1] Only Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire (828 m) and Pieter Both (820 m) are taller. [2] It is named Le Pouce because of the thumb-shaped peak of the mountain.
An enlargeable basic map of Mauritius. Pronunciation: English: / m ə ˈ r ɪ ʃ ə s / ⓘ mər-ISH-əs or / m ə ˈ r ɪ ʃ i ə s / mər-ISH-ee-əs [2] French: ⓘ or ; Common English country name: Mauritius; Official English country name: The Republic of Mauritius; Official endonym (s): Mauritius (English), Maurice (French)