Key facts
- Elevation
- 2,361 m (7,746 ft)
- Prominence
- 2,361 m (7,746 ft)
- Listing
- Ultra , Country high point
- Country
- Comoros
- Island
- Grande Comore
- Mountain type
- Shield volcano (active)
- Last eruption
- January 2007
- Official name
- Le Karthala
- Designated
- 12 November 2006
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- shield volcano
- Country
- Comoros
- Located in
- Comoros
- Continent
- Africa
- Elevation
- 2361
- Image
- Karthala volcano-Comoros.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- heritage designation
- Ramsar site
- located in/on physical feature
- Grande Comore
- Commons category
- Karthala
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Karthala or Karthola (Arabic: القرطالة Al Qirṭālah) is an active shield volcano and the highest point of the Comoros at 2,361 m (7,746 ft) above sea level. It is the southernmost and larger of the two volcanoes forming Grande Comore island, the largest island in the nation of Comoros. The Karthala volcano is very active, having erupted more than 20 times since the 19th century. Frequent eruptions have shaped the volcano's 3 km by 4 km summit caldera, but the island has largely escaped broad destruction. Eruptions on April 17, 2005 and May 29, 2006 ended a period of quiet.
Volcanic activity
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Karthala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations