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Mascarene Islands
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Mascarene Islands
The
Mascarene Islands
(or
Mascarenhas Archipelago
) is a group of
islands
in the
Indian Ocean
east of
Madagascar
consisting of
Mauritius
,
Réunion
and
Rodrigues
. The collective title is derived from the
Portuguese
navigator
Pedro Mascarenhas
, who first visited them in the early sixteenth century. The islands share a common
geologic
origin in the volcanism of the
Réunion hotspot
beneath the
Mascarene Plateau
and form a distinct
ecoregion
with a unique flora and fauna.
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