 Marla, seen from the Col du Taïbit
 Locals often have a few crops, such as lentils, and a few heads of cattle The Cirque de Mafate is a caldera on Réunion Island (France; located in the Indian Ocean). It was formed from the collapse of the large shield volcano the Piton des Neiges. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2221 KB) Cirque de Mafate, Réunion fr: Le hameau de Marla vu du Col du Taïbit. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2221 KB) Cirque de Mafate, Réunion fr: Le hameau de Marla vu du Col du Taïbit. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1608x1116, 874 KB) Helicopter delivering goods for construction work in Roche Plate, Cirque de Mafate, Réunion Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux Template:Cc-by-sa-2. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1608x1116, 874 KB) Helicopter delivering goods for construction work in Roche Plate, Cirque de Mafate, Réunion Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux Template:Cc-by-sa-2. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2110 KB) Cirque de Mafate, Marla: cattle and a field of lentils, and a rempart in the distance Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux Template:Cc-by-sa-2. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2110 KB) Cirque de Mafate, Marla: cattle and a field of lentils, and a rempart in the distance Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux Template:Cc-by-sa-2. ...
Binomial name Lens culinaris Medikus The lentil (Lens culinaris) is a bushy annual plant of the legume family, grown for its lens-shaped seeds. ...
Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called cows in vernacular usage, kine archaic, or ky as the Scots plural of coo) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ...
Crater Lake, Oregon A caldera is a volcanic feature formed by the collapse of a volcano into itself. ...
Mauna Kea, a shield volcano, on the Island of Hawai‘i with a light dusting of snow. ...
Piton des Neiges (Snow Peak) is a 3069m high inactive volcano on the island of Réunion, one of the volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. ...
The cirque was settled in the 19th century by maroon slaves (i.e. slaves who had escaped from their masters), then later by poor white laborers. It owes its name to one maroon leader. A Maroon (from the word marronage or American/Spanish cimarrón: wild, savage, fugitive, runaway, lit. ...
Geography
The cirque is entirely enclosed by mountains, especially tall cliffs, known as remparts, save for the sole river exiting, the rivière des galets ("river of the pebbles").
Inside the cirque, there are considerable declivities. The îlets are pieces of more-or-less flat lands, on which the hamlets are located.
The name "Mafate" comes from the Malagasy word "Mahafaty", which means lethal, an allusion to the difficulty for accessing the Cirque.
Population The cirque has one village, La Nouvelle, and several hamlets: Marla, Roche-Plate, the Îlet-aux-Orangers, etc.
The Cirque is entirely public property, managed by the Forestry service, from which the inhabitants rent inexpensive concessions. The Office national des forêts, or ONF, is a public establishment of the National Government of France charged with the management of national forests. ...
There is no main electrical supply. Inhabitants thus produce their own electricity using solar panels (with battery storage), and occasionally diesel generators. However, fuel for the latter must be brought by helicopter at high cost. Because of the reduced available power supply, inhabitants systematically use low-consumption (fluorescent) light bulbs. Solar Panel (photovoltaic array) A Solar panel is a flat collection of solar cells or solar thermal collectors used for converting solar energy into electricity or heat. ...
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Similarly, all inhabitants use solar water heaters. These can be supplemented by gas-powered heaters — but gas canisters must also be brought by helicopter. A trio of propane hot water heaters. ...
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Services La Nouvelle and hamlets have grocery stores where staples can be bought from. Typically, these stores also provide some limited bar and restaurant services (hot coffee and local fast food, such as samosas). Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A bar in Switzerland. ...
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Coffee in beverage form. ...
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Many inhabitants have opened gîtes (dormitories, WC and showers) where hikers can stay for the night, and often dine, for a fee.
La Nouvelle and several of the hamlets have elementary schools. In 2005, the school at Marla reopened with 6 pupils after being closed for an insufficient number of schoolchildren. There are no secondary nor higher education facilities.
There are several dispensaries between which a few nurses rotate, as well as scheduled visits of a physician, but no permanent health care facilities. All emergencies have to be evacuated by helicopter. There is no Gendarmerie station. A nurse is a health care professional who is engaged in the practice of nursing. ...
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Transportation One originality of Mafate is that there are no roads. Because of this, it is a major attraction for hikers willing to experience some unspoiled nature, while still benefiting from grocery stores and other amenities. For this reason, with the impending creation of a national park on the heights of Réunion, it seems very unlikely that roads would be ever built. Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ...
All access, including for supplies, is by foot or helicopter. There are a number of footpaths for accessing the cirque, among which:
- By the Col des Bœufs ("pass of the oxen"), from the Cirque de Salazie, leading to La Nouvelle. This way is the easiest, since there is a forestry road leading to parking lots at the pass.
- By the Col du Taïbit from the Cirque de Cilaos.
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