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Mussard cave
Caverne Mussard
Map showing the location of Mussard cave
Map showing the location of Mussard cave
Mussard cave
LocationLa Réunion
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 21°05′42″S 55°30′42″E / 21.095°S 55.511528°E / -21.095; 55.511528
Elevation2,157 m (7,077 ft)
Discovery18th century (Maroon)

The Mussard cave (French: Caverne Mussard) is a mountain cave on the island of Réunion. Located about 2150 meters above sea level in the heart of the Piton des Neiges (Mountain range) [fr], it falls within the municipality of Saint-Benoit.[1] It is named after the slave hunter François Mussard [fr], who have killed and captured a lot of Maroons in the mid eighteenth century.[2]

Notes and references

  1. http://www.hikr.org/dir/Caverne_Mussard_48971/ Website for Hiking Reports Caverne Mussard
  2. Patrick Beaton, Six Months in Reunion: A Clergyman's Holiday, and how He Passed it , Hurst and Blackett, 1860, p293.