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289:and the highest point of the
1292:Polygenetic shield volcanoes
1236:Heard & McDonald Islands
77:2,361 m (7,746 ft)
67:2,361 m (7,746 ft)
1297:Ramsar sites in the Comoros
1277:Highest points of countries
625:Retrieved 27 September 2011
446:Grand Comoro brush warblers
366:reported that residents of
51:Mount Karthala aerial view.
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771:Sites Information Service
764:"Le Karthala Ramsar Site"
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27:Volcano in Comoro Islands
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950:Central African Republic
894:Highest points of Africa
812:Global Volcanism Program
601:List of Ultras of Africa
382:where the giant heather
817:Smithsonian Institution
848:. New York: Springer.
831:. World Wildlife Fund.
829:Terrestrial Ecoregions
589:Karthala National Park
471:Karthala National Park
464:Karthala National Park
426:BirdLife International
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1302:Volcanic crater lakes
1110:São Tomé and Príncipe
970:Republic of the Congo
438:Comoros olive pigeons
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738:"Karthala Mountains"
639:Geonames.org (cc-by)
450:Grand Comoro bulbuls
430:Comoros blue pigeons
402:Humblot's flycatcher
301:island, the largest
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398:Grand Comoro drongo
326:April 2005 eruption
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92:Country high point
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985:Equatorial Guinea
855:978-3-642-31394-3
825:"Comoros forests"
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685:. 21 January 2007
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526:Designation
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481:Coordinates
362:On May 29,
352:crater lake
342:and deadly
283:Al Qirṭālah
237:Le Karthala
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99:Coordinates
1266:Categories
1200:Somaliland
1120:Seychelles
1085:Mozambique
1070:Mauritania
1055:Madagascar
945:Cape Verde
807:"Karthala"
800:References
563:Designated
534:Designated
340:lava flows
242:Designated
112:43°21′11″E
109:11°45′37″S
73:Prominence
1221:Bir Tawil
1075:Mauritius
995:Swaziland
776:10 August
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137:Geography
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1150:Tanzania
1000:Ethiopia
975:Djibouti
940:Cameroon
925:Botswana
689:25 April
663:25 April
635:Karthala
595:See also
297:forming
280:القرطالة
272:Karthola
206:(active)
18:Karthala
1246:Réunion
1241:Mayotte
1160:Tunisia
1130:Somalia
1115:Senegal
1100:Nigeria
1090:Namibia
1080:Morocco
1045:Liberia
1040:Lesotho
990:Eritrea
960:Comoros
935:Burundi
910:Algeria
748:1 March
683:Reuters
493:43°21′E
490:11°46′S
390:logging
364:Reuters
348:caldera
307:caldera
291:Comoros
287:volcano
193:Geology
178:Comoros
175:Country
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1060:Malawi
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303:island
276:Arabic
183:Island
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1095:Niger
1050:Libya
1035:Kenya
1015:Ghana
1005:Gabon
980:Egypt
920:Benin
607:Notes
88:Ultra
1155:Togo
1065:Mali
955:Chad
850:ISBN
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