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The point on the Earth's surface defined as Null Island is located in international waters in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 600 kilometres (370 mi) off the coast of West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea. [2] A weather buoy, named the Soul buoy after the soul music genre, was moored at the location. [3]
Bobowasi Island is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of the Western Region of Ghana. Bioko is an island off the Ambazonian region of Cameroon in the Gulf of Guinea under the sovereignty of Equatorial Guinea. Corisco is an island belonging to Equatorial Guinea.
Príncipe is the oldest of the islands, with the oldest rocks dating back 31 million years. São Tomé is 14 million years old, and Annobón 4.8 million years old. [5] None of the islands have been connected to mainland Africa. The Tinhosas islands are two unvegetated rocky islets lying 22 km south of Príncipe.
Equatorial Guinea claims the right to explore for and produce hydrocarbons in a huge area of sea surrounding Annobón that stretches from 1°N to almost 5°S, and from 2°E to 7°E, an area larger than the entire land and sea borders of the rest of Equatorial Guinea. The island has a 55 room hotel for tourists travelling in from mainland ...
Nautical chart of Cape Three Points (1869) Cape Three Points is located between the coastal village of Akwidaa and town of Princes Town, Ghana.Cape Three Points is known as the "land nearest nowhere" because it is the land nearest to a location in the sea known as Null Island, which is at 0 latitude and 0 longitude (the distance is about 570 km).
Equatorial Guinea asked judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday to reject Gabon's claim to several islands in potentially oil-rich waters in the Gulf of Guinea. The African ...
Flora of the Gulf of Guinea islands (3 C, 16 P) N. Niger River Delta (3 C, 21 P) S. São Tomé and Príncipe (15 C, 3 P) V. ... Null Island; P. Piracy in the Gulf of ...
Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco was a colonial administration of Spanish Africa consisting of the island of Annobón, located southwest of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea, and the small islands of Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico, and Corisco, located in the Corisco Bay [] near the mouth of the Mitémélé River in the Muni Estuary.