The Trou aux Cerfs crater
In Curepipe, Trou aux Cerfs is a dormant 605 m volcano with a well-defined crater 300 to 350 m across and 80 m deep. It last erupted 700,000 years ago.
Key facts
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- Starting point
- CurepipeTrou aux Cerfs (Wikipedia)
- GPS coordinates
- -20.31500, 57.50500Trou aux Cerfs (Wikipedia)
Good to know
Three things to remember.
Experts say the volcano is dormant but could become active within the next thousand years.
Trou aux Cerfs (Wikipedia)The only mammals living on the volcano are long-tailed macaques.
Trou aux Cerfs (Wikipedia)The crater formed less than 2 million years ago, in the island’s second volcanic phase.
Trou aux Cerfs (Wikipedia)
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- Trou aux Cerfs (Wikipedia)
Trou aux Cerfs (also known as Murr's Volcano) is a dormant, crater lake, cinder cone volcano with a well-defined cone and crater. It is 605 m (1,985 ft) high and located in Curepipe, Mauritius. The crater has been alternately described as 300 and 350 meters in diameter, and is 80 meters deep. The crater was formed less than 2 million years ago in the second phase of volcanic activity that created Mauritius. According to experts, the volcano is currently dormant but could become active at any time within the next thousand years. It last erupted 700,000 years ago. […] Currently, the only mammals living on the volcano are the long-tailed macaque (coordinates -20.315, 57.505)
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