Mascarene Islands

The Mascarene Islands or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of in the Indian Ocean east of consisting of islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion
  • Also known as: “archipel des Mascareignes”, “Ebenaĵo Maskareno”, “îles Mascareignes”, “Iles Masquereignes”, “Îles Masquereignes”, “Insuloj Maskarenoj”, “Islas Mascarenas”, “Les Mascareignes”, “Mascarenas”, “Mascarene”, “Mascarenes”, “Mascarenhas”, “Mascarenhas Archipelago”, “Mascarenhas szigetek”, “Mascarenyes”, “Maskaareenien saaret”, “Maskaareenien saaristo”, “Maskarena Ebenaĵo”, “Maskarenai”, “Maskarenaj Insuloj”, “Maskarene”, “Maskarene-bekken”, “Maskarene-kom”, “Maskarenen-Plateau”, “Masquereignes”, “The Mascarene Islands”, “Tirakka”, “Маскарени”, “جزر ماسكارين”, “마스카린 제도”, and “マスカレン諸島”

Mascarene Islands

Latitude
-20° or 20° south
Longitude
57° east
Open location code
5HGV2222+22
Geo­Names ID
935495
Wiki­data ID
Q205695
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mascarene Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Maskareense eilande”
  • Afrikaans: “Maskareense Eilande”
  • Arabic: “جزر مسكارين”
  • Armenian: “Մասկարենյան կղզիներ”
  • Asturian: “Islles Mascareñes”
  • Bashkir: “Маскарен утрауҙары”
  • Basque: “Maskareinak”
  • Belarusian: “Маскарэнскія астравы”
  • Belarusian: “Маскарэны”
  • Breton: “Maskaregnez”
  • Bulgarian: “Маскаренски острови”
  • Catalan: “illes Mascarenyes”
  • Catalan: “Illes Mascarenyes”
  • Cebuano: “Mascareignes”
  • Chinese: “馬斯克林群島”
  • Chinese: “马斯克林群岛”
  • Croatian: “Maskareni”
  • Czech: “Maskarény”
  • Danish: “Mascarenerne”
  • Dutch: “Mascarenen”
  • Esperanto: “Maskarenoj”
  • Estonian: “Maskareenid”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Mascarene Islands”
  • Finnish: “Maskareenit”
  • French: “Mascareignes”
  • Galician: “Illas Mascareñas”
  • Galician: “Mascareñas”
  • Georgian: “მასკარენის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Maskarenen”
  • Greek: “Νησιά Μασκαρέν”
  • Hebrew: “איי מאסקרן”
  • Hungarian: “Mascarenhas-szigetcsoport”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Mascarenhas”
  • Italian: “Isole Mascarene”
  • Japanese: “マスカリン諸島”
  • Kazakh: “Маскарен аралдары”
  • Kirghiz: “Маскарен аралдары”
  • Korean: “마스카렌 제도”
  • Latin: “Insulae Mascarenae”
  • Latvian: “Maskarēnu salas”
  • Lithuanian: “Maskarenų salos”
  • Macedonian: “Маскаренски Острови”
  • Malagasy: “Maskareina (tamba-nosy)”
  • Malagasy: “Maskareina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maskarenene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maskarenane”
  • Norwegian: “Maskarenene”
  • Persian: “جزایر ماسکارین”
  • Polish: “Maskareny”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Mascarenhas”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Mascarene”
  • Russian: “Маскаренские острова”
  • Serbian: “Maskarenska ostrva”
  • Serbian: “Маскаренска острва”
  • Slovak: “Maskarény”
  • Slovenian: “Maskareni”
  • Spanish: “Islas Mascareñas”
  • Swahili: “Maskarena”
  • Swedish: “Maskarenerna”
  • Tatar: “Маскарен утраулары”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะแมสคารีน”
  • Turkish: “Mascarene Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Маскаренські острови”
  • Uzbek: “Maskaren orollari”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Mascarene”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Mascarenhas”
  • Western Mari: “Маскарен ошмаотывлӓ”
  • Wu Chinese: “馬斯克林群島”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬斯克林群島”

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Places to explore: Belle Vue and Belle Isle.

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