Rodrigues
Rodrigues is an island which is part of the Republic of Mauritius. It is about 560 km east of the main Mauritius island, and is rather isolated in the Indian Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: Mauritian island
- Also known as: “Rodrigues Islands”, “Rodriguez”, and “Rodriguez Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Gabriel Cathedral, Rodrigues and Mont Limon.
St. Gabriel Cathedral, Rodrigues
Church
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The St. Gabriel Cathedral is a religious building that serves as the cathedral of the Catholic Church's Apostolic Vicariate of Rodrigues. It is located in the town of St.
Mont Limon
Peak
Mont Limon is the highest point on the Mauritian island of Rodrigues. It is located roughly in the center of the eastern part of the island and has a height of 389 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Mathurin and Baie aux Huîtres.
Port Mathurin
Town
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The village of Port Mathurin serves as the capital of the island of Rodrigues, a dependency of Mauritius. Most of the population of Rodrigues is settled close to or in the city.
Baie aux Huîtres
Village
Baie aux Huîtres is a coastal village located on the Mauritian island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean. It has approximately 2,500 inhabitants, living in various neighborhoods such as Acacias, Pointe la Gueule, Allée Tamarin, La Bonté, Terre Madoff, and Grand Bois Noir.
Anse aux Anglais
Village
Photo: Dunog, Public domain.
Anse aux Anglais or English Bay is a small coastal village located in the north of the Mauritian island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean. Its name, French for "English Bay," is apparently linked with the fact that English troops landed on its beach in 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars between France and Great Britain.
Rodrigues
Latitude
-19.7092° or 19° 42′ 33″ southLongitude
63.4426° or 63° 26′ 33″ eastPopulation
40,000Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)United Nations Location Code
MU RRGOpen location code
5JG57CRV+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 305257315OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Rodrigues” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rodrigues”
- Arabic: “جزيرة رودريغز”
- Arabic: “جزيرة رودريغوس”
- Arabic: “رودريغوس”
- Bashkir: “Родригес (утрау)”
- Bashkir: “Родригес”
- Basque: “Rodrigues”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Радрыгес”
- Belarusian: “Радрыгес”
- Bengali: “রডরিগুয়েজ”
- Breton: “Rodrigez”
- Breton: “Rodrigues”
- Bulgarian: “Родригес (остров)”
- Bulgarian: “Родригес”
- Catalan: “Illa de Rodrigues”
- Catalan: “Illa Rodrigues”
- Catalan: “Rodrigues”
- Cebuano: “Rodrigues”
- Chechen: “Родригес”
- Chinese: “罗德里格岛”
- Chinese: “罗德里格斯岛”
- Chinese: “羅德里格島”
- Chinese: “羅德里格斯島”
- Croatian: “Rodrigues”
- Czech: “Rodrigues”
- Danish: “Rodrigues”
- Dimli (individual language): “Rodrigues”
- Dutch: “Rodrigues”
- Esperanto: “Rodriges”
- Esperanto: “Rodrigeso”
- Estonian: “Rodrigues”
- Finnish: “Rodrigues”
- French: “Île Rodrigues”
- French: “Rodrigues”
- Galician: “Rodrigues”
- Georgian: “როდრიგესი”
- German: “Rodrigues”
- Greek: “Ροντρίγκες”
- Gujarati: “રોડ્રીગ્યુએસ”
- Hebrew: “רודריג”
- Hebrew: “רודריגז”
- Hindi: “रोड्रिग्ज़”
- Hungarian: “Île Rodrigues”
- Hungarian: “Rodriguez-sziget”
- Indonesian: “Rodrigues”
- Italian: “Rodrigues”
- Japanese: “ロドリゲス島”
- Kannada: “ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್”
- Kirghiz: “Родригес”
- Korean: “로드리게스 섬”
- Korean: “로드리게스섬”
- Latvian: “Rodrigesa”
- Latvian: “Rodrigeza sala”
- Lithuanian: “Rodrigesas”
- Malagasy: “Nosy Rodrigues”
- Malay: “Rodrigues”
- Malayalam: “റോഡ്രിഗസ്”
- Marathi: “रॉड्रिग्ज”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rodrigues”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rodrigues”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rodriguez”
- Norwegian: “Rodrigues”
- Persian: “جزیره رودریگز”
- Polish: “Rodrigues”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Rodrigues”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Rodrigues”
- Portuguese: “Rodrigues”
- Romanian: “Insula Rodrigues”
- Russian: “Остров Родригес”
- Russian: “Родригес”
- Scots: “Rodrigues”
- Serbian: “Rodrigez”
- Serbian: “Родригез”
- Serbian: “Родригеш”
- Sinhala: “රොඩ්රිගුස්”
- Slovak: “Rodrigues”
- Slovenian: “Rodrigues”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Isla Rodrigues”
- Spanish: “Isla de Rodrigues”
- Spanish: “Isla Rodrigues”
- Spanish: “Isla Rodriguez”
- Spanish: “Isla Rodríguez”
- Spanish: “Rodrigues”
- Swahili: “Rodrigues”
- Swedish: “Rodrigues”
- Swedish: “Rodriguez”
- Tamil: “இரோட்ரிக்சு”
- Tamil: “ரொட்ரிக்கஸ்”
- Telugu: “రోడ్రిగ్స్”
- Thai: “เกาะโรดรีก”
- Thai: “ร็อดริก”
- Turkish: “Rodrigues”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Родрігес”
- Ukrainian: “Родригес”
- Ukrainian: “Родрігес”
- Urdu: “روڈریگس”
- Vietnamese: “Rodrigues”
- Western Frisian: “Rodrigues”
- Western Mari: “Родригес ошмаоты”
- Yoruba: “Rodrigues”
- Yue Chinese: “羅德里格斯島”
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