Corps de Garde (translation: ''Guardhouse'') is a 720-metre-high mountain of volcanic origin, in the area Palma in the Black River district of

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

. The name derived from the fact that a French military post was once established on its slope to control the bands of runaway slaves. This basaltic rock formation has an imposing appearance which is characterized by an abruptly breakup of the slope towards the sea. It is resembling a figure of a guard with its beret sleeping on his abdomen and looking forward. It is also famous for a nature reserve of about 90.33 ha with a very rare flora such as '' Trochetia parviflora'' which was rediscovered on a mountain slope in 2001, '' Pilea trilobata'' which was rediscovered in 2005 and the Mandrinette. On the foot of that hill are the towns of

Beau Bassin-Rose Hill Beau Bassin-Rose Hill (or Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill; ; ) is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District. It is administered by the Municipal Council of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill and has a population of 147,066 inhabitants, making it the ...

and

Quatre Bornes Quatre Bornes (), also known as ''La Ville des Fleurs'' (The City of Flowers), is a town in Mauritius, located mainly in the Plaines Wilhems District. Its western part lies in the Rivière Noire District. The town is administered by the Municip ...

Corps de Garde Nature Reserve

Corps de Garde Nature Reserve was designated in 1951. It covers an area of 0.9 km² on the western and northwestern flank of the mountain.UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Corps de garde Nature reserve from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 18 August 2021

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