Trou aux Cerfs

Volcano in Curepipe, Mauritius

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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.

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Municipal Council of Curepipe

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1911 Curepipe riots

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