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{{Short description|Mountain on Mayotte, Comoro}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mont Choungui
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| photo = Mont Choungui.jpg
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| elevation_m = 593
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| prominence_m =
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| map = France Mayotte |relief=1
| map_caption = Location on Mayotte
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| label_position = left
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| location =Near [[Choungui]], [[Kani-Keli]], [[Mayotte]], [[French Overseas Territories]]
| coordinates = {{coord|12|57|25|S|45|08|02|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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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=
<ref name="AuziasLabourdette2008">{{cite book|last1=Auzias|first1=Dominique|last2=Labourdette|first2=Jean-Paul|title=Mayotte|url=
<gallery style="text-align:center;" mode="packed">
Image:Choungui nord.jpg|Plane view.
Image:Choungui.jpg|Summit.
Image:Choungui & Kani-Kéli.jpg|View from the mont, heading southward.
</gallery>
==Important Bird Area==
Choungui dominates the southern peninsula of the island. Its south-easternmost headland, [[
==References==
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==External links==
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{{Important Bird Areas of Mayotte}}
[[Category:Mountains of Mayotte|Choungui]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Mayotte]]
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