Mauritius Island

Summary

Mauritius Island is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mauritius Island is located in Mauritius^[3].
• Mauritius Island is in the country of Mauritius^[4].
• Mauritius Island is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[5].
• Mauritius Island's image is recorded as Mont-piton-1.jpg^[6].
• Mauritius Island's instance of is recorded as island^[7].
• Maurice of Nassau is named after Mauritius Island^[8].
• Mauritius Island's locator map image is recorded as Mauritius Island topographic map-fr.jpg^[9].
• Mauritius Island's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15282813w^[10].
• Mauritius Island's location is recorded as Indian Ocean^[11].
• Mauritius Island's part of is recorded as Mascarene Islands^[12].
• Mauritius Island's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+04:00^[13].
• Mauritius Island's highest point is recorded as Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire^[14].
• Mauritius Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -20.3, 'lon': 57.583333333333}^[15].
• Mauritius Island's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge129981^[16].
• Mauritius Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Mascarene Islands^[17].
• Mauritius Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1220000'}^[18].
• Mauritius Island's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[19].
• Mauritius Island's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Mauritius Island's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Mauritius Island's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[22].
• Mauritius Island's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[23].
• Mauritius Island's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Mauritius^[24].
• Mauritius Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 934293^[25].
• Mauritius Island's different from is recorded as Mauritius^[26].
• Mauritius Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1874'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Mauritius Island include Mauritius^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in Mauritius^[30], founded in 1968^[31].

Why It Matters

Mauritius Island ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Mauritius^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in Mauritius^[30], founded in 1968^[31].