Mussard cave explained

Mussard cave
Other Name:Caverne Mussard
Map:Réunion
Label Position:left
Coords:-21.095°N 55.5115°W
Elevation:2157m (7,077feet)
Discovery:18th 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, it falls within the municipality of Saint-Benoit.[1] It is named after the slave hunter, 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.