La Grille
La Grille is a
Ngazidja
).
Description
La Grille is a shield volcano at the northern end of island and lacks a summit caldera like its larger and more well-known neighbour to the south,
lava flows, some possibly as young as a few hundred years, have reached the sea from fissures on the lower western, northern, and eastern flanks.[1]
Geography
La Grille is located on the island of Grande Comore, a northern island of the Comoros archipelago in the
Prince Said Ibrahim Airport
to the west of the island. Many villages are located near the coast and on the volcano, where there are also electricity pylons.
La Grille appears as a mountain range running from north to south, reaching a slag height of 800 m (2,625 ft) meters on average, and covered in
vents
are located along the fissures that run along the volcano from north to south, parallel to the ridge of the mountain, and other cracks along the coast. Lava basalt sometimes escapes from these eruptive vents, sometimes reaching the sea to the east, north and west sides of the volcano. Many lava flows are still visible as few are rapidly recolonized by tropical Coconut trees on the island.
Important Bird Area
An 8,725 ha tract encompassing the higher slopes and summit of the mountain has been designated an
red-headed fodies.[3]
References
- ^ a b "La Grille". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "AIS ASECNA - Moroni (FMCH) aeronautical chart - COMORES". Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "La Grille Mountains". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
11°28′S 43°20′E / 11.47°S 43.33°E
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