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Comoro Islands

   
Introduction
The Comoro Islands form an archipelago of four islands and several islets, covering 2170 km², located in the western Indian Ocean about ten to twelve degrees south of the Equator and less than 300 km off the East African coast. They lie approximately halfway between the island of Madagascar and northern Mozambique at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel. The archipelago is the result of volcanic action along a fissure in the seabed running west-northwest to east-southeast.  

The four major islands are Grande Comore (Ngazidja), Mohéli (Mwali), Anjouan (Nzwani), and Mayotte (Maore). Grande Comore is the largest and the youngest island in the archipelago. It is the most westerly of the islands, lying 188 miles from Mozambique. It has an active volcano that rises to a height of 2361 meter above sea level. Mohéli, 45 km south-southeast of Grande Comore, is the smallest of the islands with a central mountain range that rises 790 meter above sea level. Anjouan lies about 40 km easterly of Mohéli, has a central peak that rises 1575 meters above sea level. It also has several swift running streams that cascade down to long, sandy beaches. 71 km to the southeast of Anjouan is Mayotte, the oldest of the islands. It is almost surrounded by a barrier reef and is fairly flat with slow meandering streams and mangrove swamps.

Climate

Rainfall: 2000 mm
Av. Max Temp.: 24.4 C
Av. Min Temp.: 19 C
Wet season: October - April

 

Phelsuma species

P. comorensis
P. dubia
P. laticauda laticauda
P. nigristriata
P. robertmertensi
P. v-nigra v-nigra
P. v-nigra anjouanensis
P. v-nigra comoraegrandensis
P. v-nigra pasteuri  
 

 

 

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