East African Islands
Mauritius
Grand Port District

Île de la Passe

Île de la Passe is a rocky islet in the bay off Grand Port on the of . Between 20 and 25 August 1810, during the British campaign to capture the island from the , it was the scene of the Battle of Grand Port.
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Photo: Cniessen, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Mauritius
  • Also known as: “Ile de la Passe”, “Ile de La Passe”, and “L’Ile de la Passe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Île aux Fouquets.

Island
Photo: carrotmadman6, CC BY 2.0.
is an island off the south-east coast of . The island is of pure coral origin and has had Islet National Park status since June 5, 2004.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mahebourg and Blue Bay.

Photo: Jeshan, Public domain.
Mahébourg is a small village on the south-eastern coast of the island of , having a population of 15,457 as of 2015. It is considered the main town of the .

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the island country of .

Suburb
is a village in located in . The village is administered by the Village Council under the aegis of the Grand Port District Council.

Île de la Passe

Latitude
-20.39898° or 20° 23′ 56″ south
Longitude
57.76756° or 57° 46′ 3″ east
Open location code
5HFVJQ29+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 13453578
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
934207
Wiki­data ID
Q292422
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Satellite Map

Discover Île de la Passe from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Île de la Passe” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Île de la Passe”
  • Cebuano: “Île de La Passe”
  • Chinese: “帕塞島”
  • Croatian: “Île de la Passe (Mauricijus)”
  • Croatian: “Île de la Passe”
  • Czech: “Ile de la Passe”
  • Czech: “Île de la Passe”
  • Dutch: “Île de la Passe”
  • French: “Ile de la Passe”
  • French: “île de la Passe”
  • French: “Île de la passe”
  • French: “Île de la Passe”
  • German: “Île de la Passe”
  • Russian: “Иль-де-ла-Пасс (Маврикий)”
  • Russian: “Иль-де-ла-Пасс”
  • Spanish: “Ile de la Passe”
  • Spanish: “Île de la Passe”
  • Swedish: “Île de La Passe”

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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 “Île de la Passe”. Photo: Cniessen, Public domain.