Comoro Islands 747456 217681570 2008-06-07T04:26:25Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox Islands | name = Comoro Islands | image name = Comoros rel91.jpg | image caption = | image size = | locator map = | map_custom = no | native name = جزر القمر {{ar icon}}<br>Archipel des Comores {{fr icon}} | native name link = | nickname = | location = [[Indian Ocean]] | coordinates = {{coord|12|08|24|S|44|15|00|E|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | total islands = 5 | major islands = [[Grande Comore]] (Ngazidja)<br>[[Mohéli]] (Mwali)<br>[[Anjouan]] (Nzwani)<br>[[Mayotte]] | area = {{convert|2236|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | highest mount = Kartala | elevation = {{convert|2361|m|ft|abbr=on}} | country = Comoros | country admin divisions title = Islands | country admin divisions = [[Grande Comore]] (Ngazidja)<br>[[Mohéli]] (Mwali)<br>[[Anjouan]] (Nzwani) | country capital city = [[Moroni, Comoros]] | country largest city = [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]] | country largest city population = 60,200 | country leader title = [[List of heads of state of the Comoros|President]] | country leader name = [[Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi]] | country 1 = France | country 1 admin divisions title = [[Overseas collectivity]] | country 1 admin divisions = [[Mayotte]] | country 1 capital city = [[Mamoudzou]] | country 1 largest city = [[Mamoudzou]] | country 1 largest city population = 53,022 | population = 984,500 | population as of = | density = | ethnic groups = | additional info = }} The '''Comoro Islands''' are an [[archipelago]] lying between [[Madagascar]] and the [[Africa]]n continent. The main islands are [[Grande Comore]], [[Anjouan]], [[Mohéli]] and [[Mayotte]]. The islands are volcanic in origin. [[Political geography|Politically]], the islands are divided into two entities: *[[Comoros]], a [[Sovereignty|sovereign]] [[state]] *[[Mayotte]], an [[overseas collectivity]] of France The islands and other features in the Archipelago are: *[[Grande Comore]], the largest island, with the capital of the Rep of Comoros, Moroni *[[Anjouan]], another island in the Comoros that has a strong separatist movement *[[Moheli]], like Anjouan, is part of the Comoros but would also like to secede *[[Mayotte]], an island under French administration *[[Pamanzi]], Mayotte's second-largest island. Supports Mayotte's only airport in [[Dzaoudzi]] *[[Banc du Geyser]], a submerged reef, the remains of what had been the fifth island in the Archipelago *[[Banc du Leven]], another submerged island, would have been the sixth island in the archipelago *[[Banc Vailheu]], north-west of Grande Comore, is within 7 m of the surface at low tide. It is quickly reaching surface point and may one day become a volcanic Island or drying sand cay. *Arguably, the [[Glorioso islands]], under French administration, are counted as being part of the archipelago. They were administered by the Comoros before 1975, and are therefore sometimes counted. The Union of [[Comoros]] is recognized as including the three northernmost islands. [[Anjouan]] and [[Mohéli]] declared their independence in [[1997]], however these unilateral declarations of independence received no international recognition and were later rescinded. Ngazidja is the youngest of the islands, and has a massive active volcano on it, which scientists are afraid will erupt in the near future. [[Category:Comoros archipelago| ]] [[Category:Archipelagoes]] [[Category:Divided regions]] [[Category:Volcanoes of the Indian Ocean]] {{Comoros-geo-stub}} {{Mayotte-geo-stub}} [[ast:Archipiélagu de les Comores]] [[bn:কমোরো দ্বীপপুঞ্জ]] [[de:Archipel der Komoren]] [[fr:Archipel des Comores]] [[ko:코모로 제도]] [[nl:Comoren (eilandengroep)]] [[ja:コモロ諸島]] [[sk:Komorské ostrovy]] [[sv:Komorerna (ögrupp)]]