Mount Ntringui National Park is a national park on the island of

Anjouan Anjouan (; also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and historically as Johanna or Hinzuan) is an autonomous high island in the Indian Ocean that forms part of the Union of the Comoros. Its chief town is Mutsamudu and, , its population is around 277,500. ...

in the

Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...

. It covers an area of 79.14 km² in the center of the island. The park was established in 2010.UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Parc National Mont Ntringui from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 30 August 2021

/ref> The park includes Mount Ntringui, Anjouan's highest peak, as well as Lake Dzialandzé, a crater lake that is Anjouan's largest lake, and the Moya Forest, Anjouan's largest remaining forest. The park includes both Mount Ntringui (1.595 m), the highest peak on Anjouan, and Mount Trindrini (1.474 m), the second-highest, which lies southeast of Mt. Ntringui. These peaks are the source of many of Anjouan's permanent rivers and streams, many of which have carved deep ravines and cirques in the mountain flanks. Lake Dzialandzé is located at 900 meters elevation in a crater on the southeastern flank of Mount Ntringui, and covers an area of 2 hectares. It is home to the

little grebe The little grebe (''Tachybaptus ruficollis''), also known as dabchick, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''takhus'' "fast" and ''bapto'' "to sink under". The specific ''ruficollis'' is from Latin ...

(''Tachybaptus ruficollis'') and Anjouan's indigenous freshwater fish. Anjouan was originally covered in forest. Most of the island's forests have been cleared, and what's left is under pressure from timber harvesting and clearance for agriculture and grazing land. The remaining forests are mostly within the park.Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (2014). ''Ecosystem Profile: Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands.'' Final Report, December 2014. Moya Forest, south of Mount Trindrini in the southern portion of the park, is the largest forest remnant on Anjouan, covering an area of approximately 500 ha. It is home to several native animals, including two bats ( Livingstone's flying fox (''Pteropus livingstonii'') and ''Pteropus seychellensis'' var. ''comorensis''), Anjouan scops owl (''Otus capnodes''), and

mongoose lemur The mongoose lemur (''Eulemur mongoz'') is a small primate in the family Lemuridae, native to Madagascar and introduced to the Comoros Islands. These arboreal animals have pointed faces, long, bushy tails, dark-brown upper parts, pale bellies, a ...

(''Eulemur mongoz'').

References

{{reflist Anjouan National parks of the Comoros Ramsar sites in the Comoros