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: archipelago east of Madagascar
  • Also known as: Les Mascareignes” and “Mascarenhas

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
  • Afrikaans: Maskarene-bekken
  • Afrikaans: Maskarene-kom
  • Afrikaans: Maskarene
  • Arabic: جزر ماسكارين
  • 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
  • Catalan: Mascarenes
  • Catalan: 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: Ebenaĵo Maskareno
  • Esperanto: Insuloj Maskarenoj
  • Esperanto: Maskarena Ebenaĵo
  • Esperanto: Maskarenaj Insuloj
  • Esperanto: Maskarenoj
  • Estonian: Maskareenid
  • Fiji Hindi: Mascarene Islands
  • Finnish: Maskaareenien saaret
  • Finnish: Maskaareenien saaristo
  • Finnish: Maskareenit
  • French: Archipel des Mascareignes
  • French: Iles Mascareignes
  • French: Îles Mascareignes
  • French: Mascareignes
  • French: Tirakka
  • Galician: Illas Mascareñas
  • Galician: Mascareñas
  • Georgian: მასკარენის კუნძულები
  • German: Maskarenen-Plateau
  • German: Maskarenen
  • Greek: Νησιά Μασκαρέν
  • Hebrew: איי מאסקרן
  • Hungarian: Mascarenhas szigetek
  • Hungarian: Mascarenhas-szigetcsoport
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Mascarenhas
  • Italian: Isole Mascarene
  • Italian: Mascarene
  • Japanese: マスカリン諸島
  • Japanese: マスカレン諸島
  • Kazakh: Маскарен аралдары
  • Kirghiz: Маскарен аралдары
  • Korean: 마스카렌 제도
  • Korean: 마스카린 제도
  • Latin: Insulae Mascarenae
  • Latvian: Maskarēnu salas
  • Lithuanian: Maskarenai
  • Lithuanian: Maskarenų salos
  • Macedonian: Маскарени
  • 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: Iles Masquereignes
  • Spanish: Îles Masquereignes
  • Spanish: Islas Mascarenas
  • Spanish: Islas Mascareñas
  • Spanish: Mascarenas
  • Spanish: Mascareñas
  • Spanish: Mascarene Islands
  • Spanish: Masquereignes
  • Swahili: Maskarena
  • Swahili: Maskareni
  • 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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