Caudan Basin
Caudan Basin is a harbor in Port Louis District, Mauritius. Caudan Basin is situated nearby to the quarter Caudan Waterfront, as well as near the locality Cassis.Places of Interest
Highlights include Blue Penny Museum and Aapravasi Ghat.
Blue Penny Museum
Museum
The Blue Penny Museum a museum dedicated to history and art of Mauritius, is situated at Caudan Waterfront in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. It opened in November 2001.
Aapravasi Ghat
Protected area
Photo: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aapravasi Ghat is a building complex located in Port Louis, Mauritius, the first British colony to receive indentured, or contracted, labour workforce from many countries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caudan Waterfront and Port Louis.
Caudan Waterfront
Quarter
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Caudan Waterfront is a commercial development in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius. It includes shops, banking facilities, casinos, cinemas, restaurants, a marina and a five star hotel.
Port Louis
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius, and with around 150,000 inhabitants the island nation's most populous city. Sitting in a bay surrounded by mountains, Port Louis is a lively and modern city also with charming districts from colonial times.
Sainte-Croix
Suburb
Photo: Sblaval, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sainte-Croix is a suburb of the capital city, Port Louis, in Mauritius, 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 Sainte-Croix as a missionary from 1841 until his death in 1864. Sainte-Croix is situated 3½ km east of Caudan Basin.
Caudan Basin
- Type: Harbor
- Also known as: “Bassin Caudan”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Port Louis District, Mauritius, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-20.16104° or 20° 9′ 40″ southLongitude
57.49622° or 57° 29′ 46″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
5HFVRFQW+HFGeoNames ID
934639
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Localities in the Area
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