Mount Karthala

Mount Karthala or Karthola is an active shield volcano and the highest point of the at 2,361 m above sea level. It is the southernmost and larger of the two volcanoes forming island, the largest in the nation of Comoros.
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  • Volcano rising to 2,361 metres (7,746 feet)
  • Description: Volcano in Comores
  • Also known as
    “Comoro Mountain”
    “Cratère Karatala”
    “Cratère Karthala”
    “Karthala”
    “Le Kartala”
    “Le Karthala”
    “Massif du Karthala”
    “Mont Kartala”
    “Mont Karthala جبل القرطالة”
    “Sommet Kartala”

Mount Karthala

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Latitude
-11.7585° or 11° 45′ 31″ south
Longitude
43.3656° or 43° 21′ 56″ east
Open location code
5HW569R8+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 339324324
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
921841
Wiki­data ID
Q527548

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Mount Karthala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القرطالة”
  • Arabic: “القرطولى”
  • Arabic: “جبل القرطالة”
  • Basque: “Karthala”
  • Bulgarian: “Картхала”
  • Catalan: “Karthala”
  • Cebuano: “Karthala”
  • Chinese: “卡尔塔拉火山”
  • Chinese: “蘇蘇瓦山”
  • Czech: “Karthala”
  • Dutch: “Karthala”
  • Finnish: “Karthala”
  • French: “Karthala”
  • French: “Mont Karthala”
  • Galician: “Karthala”
  • Georgian: “კართალა”
  • German: “Karthala”
  • Greek: “Καρτόλα”
  • Greek: “Λε Καρταλά”
  • Greek: “Όρος Καρτάλα”
  • Hausa: “Dutsen Karthala”
  • Hebrew: “קרתאלה”
  • Hungarian: “Kartala”
  • Igbo: “Ugwu Karthala”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Kartala”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Karthala”
  • Indonesian: “Kartala”
  • Indonesian: “Karthala”
  • Indonesian: “كارتالا”
  • Italian: “Karthala”
  • Japanese: “カーサラ山”
  • Japanese: “カルタラ山”
  • Korean: “카르탈라 산”
  • Korean: “카르탈라산”
  • Lithuanian: “Kartala”
  • Macedonian: “Картала”
  • Malagasy: “Karthala”
  • Maore Comorian: “Karthala”
  • Mingrelian: “კართალა”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جبل قرطالة”
  • Persian: “کوه کارتالا”
  • Polish: “Kartala”
  • Portuguese: “Karthala”
  • Russian: “Картала”
  • Slovak: “Karthala”
  • Slovenian: “Karthala”
  • Spanish: “Karthala”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Karthala”
  • Swedish: “Karthala”
  • Ukrainian: “Картала”
  • Urdu: “جبل القرطلہ”

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