Plaines des Roches
in Rivière du Rempart District, Mauritius
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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (22 mi) -
Roland Garros Airport (151 mi) - Pierrefonds Airport (169 mi)
- Aapravasi Ghat (Unesco heritage, 22 mi)
- Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -20.112 and 57.691 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -20° 6' 42" and E 57° 41' 26"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rupee - MUR
- Spoken languages:
- English, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:14 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Indian/Mauritius
- UTC/GMT offset: 4 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:23 am and 5:49 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 27.853 and -115.170 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Isla Natividad - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Mauritius.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Mauritius. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Explore Plaines des Roches
Plaines des Roches in Rivière du Rempart District with it's 4,218 inhabitants is a city in Mauritius about 13 mi (or 21 km) east of Port Louis, the country's capital.
Local time in Plaines des Roches is now 08:14 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Indian / Mauritius with an UTC offset of 4 hours. We know of 3 airports in the vicinity of Plaines des Roches. The closest airport in Mauritius is Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in a distance of 22 mi (or 35 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are two Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Mauritius is Aapravasi Ghat in a distance of 22 mi (or 36 km), North-West. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Riviere du Rempart, Centre de Flacq, Pamplemousses, Quartier Militaire and Port Louis. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 27°C / 81 °F
| Morning Temperature | 25°C / 77 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Night Temperature | 26°C / 78 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 73% |
| Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 70% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
27°C (81 °F)
25°C (77 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
27°C (80 °F)
25°C (77 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
27°C (80 °F)
25°C (77 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Mauritius Radio Telescope
The Mauritius Radio Telescope (MRT) is a synthesis radio telescope that is used to make images of the sky at a frequency of 151.5 MHz. The MRT was primarily designed to make a survey with a point source sensitivity of 150 mJy. Its resolution is about 4 arc min. The MRT is a T-shaped array consisting of 1019 fixed helical antennas in the East-West arm (2 km) arranged in 32 groups and 64 helical antennas, four per trolley, on 16 movable trolleys in the North-South (880 m).
Rivière du Rempart (river)
The Rivière du Rempart is a river in northeast Mauritius. It is the outflow of La Nicolière, a lake in the central north of Mauritius, and flows northeast to reach the Indian Ocean north of Poste de Flacq. The river gives its name to the Rivière du Rempart District.
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