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Victoria Nyanza. The black line indicates Stanley's route. Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes.With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km 2 (23,146 sq mi), [6] [7] [page needed] Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, [8] and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after Lake Superior in North America. [9]
Migingo is a 2,000-square-metre (0.49-acre; 0.20-hectare) island in Kenya on Lake Victoria. [3] The island was the center of a low-level territorial dispute between Kenya and Uganda and is extremely densely populated. [1] Migingo is a source of fish to the Kenyan and Ugandan fishermen.
Pages in category "Islands of Lake Victoria" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bubembe Island;
With an area of 530 km 2 (200 sq mi), it is also the largest island in Lake Victoria and the largest lake island in Africa. [2] Ukerewe Island is located in the Ukerewe District of Mwanza Region in the great lakes area of Tanzania, 45 km (28 mi) north of the city of Mwanza to which it is linked by ferry. [3]
The chain of islands known as Buvuma Islands consists of more than fifty islands and is located a few kilometres off the northern shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda in the Napoleon Gulf. Buvuma is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi), by water, south of the major city of Jinja , [ 1 ] and around 90 kilometres (56 mi), south-east of the national ...
Rusinga Island is marked in the northeast corner of the map within the small portion of Victoria allotted to Kenya. Rusinga Island, with an elongated shape approximately 10 miles (16 km) from end to end and 3 miles (5 km) at its widest point, lies in the eastern part of Lake Victoria at the mouth of the Winam Gulf.
Koome Island is located in Mukono District, in northwestern Lake Victoria, in Uganda. The island is separated to Ssese Islands by the Koome Channel. Koome is the largest island in the northeastern group. Other islands in the same group include: Damba Island, Lwaje Island, Ngamba-Chimpanzee Island, Bulago Island, Kayaga Island and others.
1.1 Lake Victoria. 1.2 Lake Tanganyika. 1.3 Lake Nyasa. 1.4 Indian Ocean. ... The following is the list of islands in the territory of Tanzania. [1] By geographic zone