Cilaos

Réunion · Commune

Cilaos is a town and commune on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. It is located centrally on the island, in a caldera of altitude 1,214 m. The caldera is also named for the community.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Read the article →

Country: Réunion · Commune
Population: 5,040
Latitude: 21.14° S
Longitude: 55.47° E

Which way is Cilaos from…

From Paris, Cilaos lies at 131° to the south-east, 9,390 km as the crow flies.

Paris	131° south-east	9,390 km
London	130° south-east	9,716 km
New York	81° east	14,812 km
Madrid	126° south-east	9,176 km
Rome	139° south-east	8,285 km
Montreal	77° east	14,676 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	175° south	29 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Cilaos is the heart of the island: the town nestles at the bottom of its cirque, barely 4 km from the summit of the Piton des Neiges. A trick to find it: it sits almost on the straight line between Saint-Denis and Saint-Pierre. From Saint-Pierre, aim due north (358°); from Saint-Denis, due south (175°). In between, the cliffs hide everything. Your compass sees right through them.