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Mauritius, [a] officially the Republic of Mauritius, [b] is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals).
Mauritius is: an island country; Location: Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere; Africa (off its east coast, east of Madagascar) East Africa; Southern Africa; Indian Ocean; Time zone: Mauritius Time ; Extreme points of Mauritius High: Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire 828 m (2,717 ft) Low: Indian Ocean 0 m; Land boundaries: none
MART: Middle East, Africa, Russia and Turkey; MEA: Middle East and Africa [citation needed] MEASEA : Middle East, Africa and South East Asia [citation needed] MEESA: Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa [citation needed] MEISA: Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa [13] MENA: Middle East and North Africa
EMEA: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, marked on a world map. Europe, the Middle East and Africa, commonly known by its acronym EMEA among the North American business spheres, is a geographical region used by institutions, governments and global spheres of marketing, media and business when referring to this region.
Mauritius is an island off Africa's southeast coast located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. It is geologically located within the Somali Plate. Statistics
Eastern / Southern / Western: Southern Ocean / Amundsen Sea / Ross Sea / Weddell Sea: Africa: Eastern / Northern / Southern / Western: Asia *Egypt: Atlantic Ocean / Indian Ocean / Arabian Sea / Gulf of Guinea / Mediterranean Sea / Mozambique Channel / Red Sea: Asia: Northern / Eastern / Southern / Western: Africa / Europe
The Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe The Atlantic Ocean around the plate boundaries (text is in Finnish). The African and European mainlands are non-contiguous, and the delineation between these continents is thus merely a question of which islands are to be associated with which continent.
Mauritius is located 900 km east of Madagascar. It has an area of 1,865 km 2. The highest point is 828 meters above sea level. Mauritius is the most populous of the Mascarene Islands, [1] with a population of 1,252,964. Réunion is located 150 km southwest of Mauritius. It is the largest of the islands, with an area of 2,512 km 2.