Guinni Kôma
| Guinni Koma Île du Diable |
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| Waters | Ghoubbet-el-Kharab | |
| Archipelago | Îles du Diable | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 32 ' N , 42 ° 32' E | |
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| length | 94 km | |
| width | 630 m | |
| surface | 47 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Guinni Koma ( Arabic , also: French Île du Diable , German Devil's Island) is an uninhabited island in Ghoubbet-el-Kharab . Together with the smaller, northwestern neighboring island of Ounda Guinni Kôma , it forms the Îles du Diable ( Devil's Islands ).
geography
The island is located in the northwest of Ghoubbet-el-Kharab. It is round and clearly recognizable as a former submarine volcanic cone . Oyster fossils have been found on the summit . It measures only about 500 m in diameter. Together with the neighboring island of Ounda Guinni Kôma and the Baddi Kôma peninsula (Presqu'île de diable, ⊙ ), on which there are two other well-preserved craters, it is part of the Ardoukoba volcanic area, where the East African rift opens .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pictures at djiboutiweb.net.
- ↑ geonames.org .