Mauritius is entirely volcanic with volcanism begining about
8 million years ago.
Mostly basaltic.
In a tropical rainforest environment so erosion is very rapid.
The high peaks of the island more, or less, define a circular
caldera
The next stamp illustrates Rempart Mountain issued in 1954.
The next illustrates, from nearly the same perspective, the
same mountain on a souvenir sheet issued in 2005.
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