Trou aux Cerfs

Trou aux Cerfs is a dormant, crater lake, cinder cone volcano with a well-defined cone and crater. It is 605 m high and located in , Mauritius.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 605 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Trou aux Cerfs Volcano”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Curepipe Botanic Gardens and Royal College Curepipe.

Park
Photo: Coolth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in Route des Jardins, , is the second largest botanical garden in . It has a relatively informal layout, and contains a river, lake and the world's rarest palm tree among other attractions.

College
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The is a secondary school in . Founded in 1791, it began producing laureates in the 19th century and has continued to do so over the years.

School
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is a French international school in , . It serves primary school through lycée. It was founded in 1953.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Curepipe and Glen Park.

Photo: mwanasimba, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a sprawling town in the centre of . At an altitude of 561 m, it marks the top of the ridge on the road between Port Louis and Vieux Grand Port, and the name may indicate that travellers rested here for long enough to smoke then clean out their clay pipes.

Quarter
Vacoas-Phoenix also known as French: Villes Jumelles, is a town in , located in the , the eastern part also lies in the .

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also known as French: Villes Jumelles, is a town in , located in the , the eastern part also lies in the .

Trou aux Cerfs

Latitude
-20.31791° or 20° 19′ 5″ south
Longitude
57.5115° or 57° 30′ 41″ east
Elevation
605 metres (1,985 feet)
Open location code
5HFVMGJ6+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1891384067
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
934628
Wiki­data ID
Q429442
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Trou aux Cerfs” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ترو أو سيرف”
  • Cebuano: “Trou aux Cerfs”
  • Chinese: “鹿洞火山”
  • Dutch: “Trou aux Cerfs”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ترو اوكس سيرفس”
  • French: “Trou-aux-Cerfs”
  • Lithuanian: “Tru o Serfas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Trou aux Cerfs”
  • Persian: “ترواسرف”
  • Russian: “Тру-о-Сёрф”
  • Spanish: “Trou aux Cerfs”
  • Swedish: “Trou aux Cerfs”
  • Ukrainian: “Тру-о-Сьорф”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Floreal and Cité Casernes.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Weather radar station and James Burty David Gymnasium.

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