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Шаблон:Infobox islandsШаблон:Short description Mauritius is an island off Africa's southeast coast located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. It is geologically located within the Somali plate.

Statistics

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Satellite image of Mauritius

Area (includes Agaléga, Cargados Carajos (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues):
total: 2,011 km2
land: 2,030 km2
water: 10 km2
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoais (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues.

Coastline: 177 km

Maritime claims: territorial sea: Шаблон:Convert
continental shelf: Шаблон:Convert or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: Шаблон:Convert

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire 828 m

Natural resources: arable land, fish

Land use:
arable land: 38.24%
permanent crops: 1.96%
other: 59.80% (2011)

Irrigated land: 212.2 km2 (2003)

Total renewable water resources: 2.75 km3 (2011)

Environment - current issues: water pollution, degradation of coral reefs

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

Geography - note: The main island is from which the country derives its name, former home of the dodo, a large flightless bird related to pigeons, driven to extinction by the end of the 17th century through a combination of hunting and the introduction of predatory species.

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Table of Islands

Шаблон:See also

Island Capital Other Cities Area (km2) Population
Agalega Islands Vingt-Cinq La Fourche, St Rita, Port St James 26.0 290
Cargados Carajos Île Raphael Avocaré Island, L'île du Sud, Coco Island, L'île du Gouvernement 3.2 63
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
Mouchoir Rouge Mouchoir Rouge resort 0.01 3
Mauritius Island Port Louis Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Quatre Bornes, Vacoas-Phoenix, Curepipe 1860 1252964
More Mauritius Islands Ile aux Aigrettes Ronde Island, Ile de la Passe, Coin du Mire, Ile D’Ambre, Ile Plate, Ilot Gabriel, Grand Port Islets, Ile aux Serpents, Ile de L’Est 8.8 1
Islets of Rodrigues Port Mathurin 111 38167
Ile Crabe Rodrigues Port Crabe 0.4 2
Rodrigues Island Port Mathurin Gabriel, Riviere Cocos, port south east 109 38164
More Rodrigues Islands Ile aux Cocos Ile Fregate, Ile aux Sables, Ile aux Chats, le Hermitage, Ile Gombrani 1.36 1
Mauritius Port Louis 2011 1291500

notes: excludes Tromelin and other îles éparses

Climate

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A comprehensive map of Mauritius, including the country's outlying islands

The local climate is tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; there is a warm, dry winter from May to November and a hot, wet, and humid summer from November to May. Anticyclones affect the country during May to September.

Cyclones affect Mauritius during November–April. Hollanda (1994) and Dina (2002) were the worst two of the more recent cyclones to have affected the island.

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Terrain

The country's landscape consists of a small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling a central plateau. Mauritius is almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards. The main island is of volcanic origin.

The mountains with the greatest prominence include:

Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire, 828 m, the highest point of the island[1]

Le Morne Brabant, 556 m

Tourelle de Tamarin, 563 m[2]

Corps de Garde, 720 m, prominence 382 m[3]

Le Pouce, 820 m, prominence 352 m[4]

Pieter Both, 820 m, prominence 229 m[5]

Montagne Cocotte, 780 m

Extreme points

This is a list of the extreme points of Mauritius, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

See also

References

Шаблон:ReflistШаблон:CIA World Factbook

External links

Шаблон:Mauritius topics Шаблон:Geography of Africa Шаблон:Africa topic

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