Comoro Islands
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![Jumbe-Souli, queen of the Comorian island of Mohéli, receiving a French delegation, 1863.](/Images/godic/202501/05/Queen_of_Mohéli4436.jpg")
![Comorans protest Mayotte referendum, 2009](/Images/godic/202501/05/Gungu_la_mcezo_contre_la_France_à_Mayotte4436.jpg")
![Frames extracted from a video, which shows the ditching of the aircraft](/Images/godic/202501/05/Ditching_of_Ethiopian_Airlines_Flt_9614436.JPG")
The Comoro Islands or Comoros (Shikomori Komori; Arabic:جزر القمر , Juzur al-Qamar; French Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and north-west of Madagascar. The islet of Banc du Geyser and the Glorioso Islands are part of the archipelago.