Kepulauan Comoro
Kepulauan Comoro atau Comoros (Shikomori Komori; Arab: جزر القمر, Juzur al-Qomor; Perancis: Les Comores) terbentuk daripada gugusan kepulauan gunung berapi yang terletak di luar pantai tenggara benua Afrika, di timur Mozambique dan barat laut Madagascar. Kepulauan ini secara politiknya terbahagi kepada Kesatuan Comoros (penduduk 850,688 orang) dan dua buah wilayah Perancis: jabatan Mayotte (penduduk 270,372 orang) dan Kepulauan Glorioso, sebahagian Kepulauan Rawak di Lautan India, daerah ke-5 dalam Tanah Selatan Perancis dan Antartika.
Native name: Komori :جزر القمر (Arab) Archipel des Comores (Perancis) | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Lautan India |
| Coordinates | 12°08′24″S 44°15′00″E / 12.14000°S 44.25000°EKoordinat: 12°08′24″S 44°15′00″E / 12.14000°S 44.25000°E |
| Total islands | 4 |
| Major islands | Grande Comore (Ngazidja), Mohéli (Mwali), Anjouan (Nzwani), Mayotte (Maore) |
| Area | 2,034 km2 (785 bt2) |
| Highest elevation | 2,361 m (7,746 ft) |
| Highest point | Karthala |
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Comoros | |
| Kepulauan | Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Mohéli (Mwali) Anjouan (Nzwani) |
| Largest settlement | Moroni (ibu negara) (pop. 60,200) |
| Presiden | Azali Assoumani |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 1,008,246 (aggr. 2016) |
Rujukan
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- Flower, M.F.J., Evidence for the role of phlogopite in the genesis of alkali basalts Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 32 (2) 126-137 1971
- Flower, M.F.J., Rare earth element distribution in lavas and ultramafic xenoliths from the Comores archipelago, western Indian Ocean Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 31 (4) 335-346 1971
- Flower, M.F.J., R N Thompson, One-atmosphere melting and crystallization relations of lavas from Anjouan Comores Archipelago western Indian Ocean Earth and Planetary Science Letters 12 (1) 97-107 1971
- Flower, M.F.J., Petrology of volcanic rocks from Anjouan Comores archipelago, Bull, volcanol., 36 (1) 238-250 1973
- Flower, M.F.J., Evolution of basaltic and differentiated lavas from Anjouan Comores Archipelago, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 38 (3) 237-260 1973
- Flower, M.F.J., Trace-element distribution in lavas from Anjouan and Grande Comore western Indian Ocean Chem. Geol., 12 (2) 81-98 1973