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Mussard cave

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Location
  
La Réunion

Discovery
  
18th century (Maroon)

Elevation
  
2,157 m (7,077 ft)

Mussard cave

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), it falls within the municipality of Saint-Benoit. It is named after the slave hunter François Mussard, who have killed and captured a lot of Maroons in the mid eighteenth century.

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Mussard cave Wikipedia