Mount Karthala
Mount Karthala or Karthola is an active volcano and the highest point of the Comoros at 2,361 m above sea level. It is the southernmost and larger of the two shield volcanoes forming Grande Comore island, the largest island in the nation of Comoros.
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Mount Karthala
- Type: Volcano
- Description: Volcano in Comores
- Category: shield volcano
- Location: Comoros, East African Islands, Africa
Latitude -11.7585° or 11° 45' 30.7" south | Longitude 43.3656° or 43° 21' 56.2" east |
Elevation 2361 metres (7746 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 339324324 |
GeoNames ID 921841 |
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Also Known As
- 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
- Galician: Karthala
- Georgian: კართალა
- German: Karthala
- Hebrew: קרתאלה
- Hungarian: Kartala
- Indonesian: Gunung Karthala
- Indonesian: Kartala
- Indonesian: Karthala
- Indonesian: كارتالا
- Italian: Karthala
- Japanese: カルタラ山
- Japanese: カーサラ山
- Korean: 카르탈라 산
- Korean: 카르탈라산
- Lithuanian: Kartala
- Macedonian: Картала
- Maore Comorian: Karthala
- Moroccan Arabic: جبل قرطالة
- Polish: Kartala
- Portuguese: Karthala
- Russian: Картала
- Slovak: Karthala
- Spanish: Karthala
- Swahili: Mlima Karthala
- Swedish: Karthala
- Comoro Mountain
- Cratère Karatala
- Cratère Karthala
- Karthala القرطالة
- Le Kartala
- Massif du Karthala
- Mont Kartala
- Mont Karthala
- Sommet Kartala
In the Area
Localities
- Choungou-ChahaléLocality
- Choungou-ChagnoumariLocality
- La Convalescence
- HamlémbaLocality
- Madjoumadjou
- Mahavani
Landmarks
- Forêt du KartalaForest
- NtsingoniPeak
- Ibou ChamboShrine
- Dima MirongaPeak
- BandaniPeak
- DjoumamilimaValley
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