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A 3069m high volcano on the island of La Réunion, one of the volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The volcanic island is considered to be about 3 million years old; the other two islands in the archipelago, Mauritius and Rodrigues, are 7.8 million and 1.5 million years old, respectively. The island possesses a high endemism of flowering plants (about 225); this has justified the creation of a biological reserve on the lower slopes of Piton des Neiges.

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Piton des NeigesA 3069m high volcano on the island of La Reunion, one of the volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The volcanic island is considered to be about 3 million years old; the other two islands in the archipelago, Mauri

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