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'''Mont Choungui''' ({{IPA-fr|mɔ̃ ʃuŋɡi}}) is a distinctively conical [[volcano|volcanic mountain]] in the southern part of the [[France|French]] island of [[Mayotte]], in the [[Comoro Islands|Comoro archipelago]] of the western [[Indian Ocean]]. It is the second highest point of the island at {{convert|593|m|abbr=on}}, the highest being [[Benara|Mont Bénara]], and is visible from far out at sea.<ref name="Dept1990">{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept|title=South Indian Ocean pilot: Comores, Madagascar, Seychelles Group, La Réunion, Mauritius, Chagos Archipelago, and other islands lying westward of longitude 900 East|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=NKoZAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=29 June 2012|year=1990|publisher=Hydrographer of the Navy|page=64}}</ref><ref name="VanamoVanamo1995">{{cite book|author1=Suomen Biologian Seura Vanamo|author2=Suomalainen Eläin- ja Kasvitieteellinen Seura Vanamo|title=Annales botanici Fennici|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=hWNFAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=29 June 2012|year=1995|publisher=Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo}}</ref>

<ref name="AuziasLabourdette2008">{{cite book|last1=Auzias|first1=Dominique|last2=Labourdette|first2=Jean-Paul|title=Mayotte|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=UP3GQlr5MoAC&pg=PA173|accessdate=29 June 2012|year=2008|publisher=Petit Futé|isbn=978-2-7469-1967-9|page=173}}</ref>

Choungui dominates the southern peninsula of the island. Its south-easternmost headland, [[SazileyPointe National Park|SaziléSaziley]], is 4&nbsp;km long with a sharp ridge rising to {{convert|233&nbsp;|m}}. Forest covers the peak and most of the catchment of the Mroni Bé river, while Sazilé is vegetated with dry [[shrubland]] and [[thicket]]s containing [[Adansonia digitata|baobabs]]. The {{convert|1600&nbsp;[[hectare|ha]]|lk=in|adj=on}} site has been identified as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) by [[BirdLife International]] because it supports significant populations of [[Comoro Oliveolive-pigeon]]s, [[Comoro Blueblue-pigeon]]s, [[Mayotte Whitewhite-eye]]s, [[Mayotte Sunbirdsunbird]]s and [[Redred-headed Fodyfody|Redred-headed Fodiesfodies]]. It is also home to [[Robert Mertens's day gecko]]s, [[Phelsuma nigristriata|island day gecko]]s and [[Pasteur's day gecko]]s. Sazilé’sSazilé's beaches are a nesting site for [[Greengreen sea turtle|Greengreen]], and probably [[Hawksbill sea turtle|Hawksbillhawksbill]], [[sea turtle]]s.<ref name=bli>{{cite web |url= http://www.birdlife.org |title= Mlima Choungui and Sazilé|accessdate=2013-09-04 |work= Important Bird Areas factsheet |first= |last= |publisher= BirdLife International |year=2013 }}</ref>

*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2cfWdY6awo Video]