East African Islands
Mauritius
Port Louis District

Pieter Both

Pieter Both, sometimes referred to as Peter Botte Mountain, is the second highest mountain of , at 820 metres tall. The mountain is slightly shorter than by eight metres.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 600 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Peter Botte Mountain” and “Pieter Both Mountain”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Le Pouce.

Peak
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is the third highest mountain in , at 812 meters. Only and Pieter Both are taller. It is named because of the thumb-shaped peak of the mountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Pierre and Sainte-Croix.

Town
is a village in the district of Moka in . It is considered to be found in the heart of Mauritius.The climatic conditions is cold and ideal especially during summer with cold breeze.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the capital city, , in , an independent island in the Indian Ocean. It is most famous for its association with the Roman Catholic beatus Jacques-Désiré Laval, who worked in as a missionary from 1841 until his death in 1864.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of , and with around 150,000 inhabitants the island nation's most populous city. Sitting in a bay surrounded by mountains, is a lively and modern city also with charming districts from colonial times.

Pieter Both

Latitude
-20.19132° or 20° 11′ 29″ south
Longitude
57.55612° or 57° 33′ 22″ east
Elevation
600 metres (1,969 feet)
Named after
Pieter Both
Open location code
5HFVRH54+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1012761263
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
934179
Wiki­data ID
Q260580
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Satellite Map

Discover Pieter Both from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Pieter Both” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل بيتر بوث”
  • Cebuano: “Pieter Both”
  • Chinese: “Pieter Both山”
  • Chinese: “彼得·博特山”
  • Chinese: “彼得博斯山”
  • Chinese: “皮特·波托山”
  • Dutch: “Pieter Both”
  • French: “Pieter Both”
  • German: “Pieter Both”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Pieter Both”
  • Japanese: “ピーター・ボス山”
  • Ladin: “Pieter Both”
  • Persian: “پیتر بوت”
  • Russian: “Питер Бот”
  • Swedish: “Pieter Both”
  • Ukrainian: “Пітер Бот”
  • Ukrainian: “Пітер-Бот”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Melotte and Malenga.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Crève Coeur and Northern Viewpoint.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pieter Both”. Photo: Avinash Meetoo, CC BY-SA 2.0.