Mount Karthala

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

Mount Karthala

Latitude
-11.7585° or 11° 45′ 31″ south
Longitude
43.3656° or 43° 21′ 56″ east
Elevation
2,361 metres (7,746 feet)
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
  • 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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