Nyuni Island

Nyuni Island
Nyuni Island is located in Tanzania
Nyuni Island
Nyuni Island
Location on the Songosongo Archipelago
Geography
LocationSea of Zanj
Coordinates8°22′0.12″S 39°34′0.12″E / 8.3667000°S 39.5667000°E / -8.3667000; 39.5667000
ArchipelagoThe Songosongo Archipelago
Length0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Width0.3 km (0.19 mi)
Administration
RegionLindi Region
DistrictKilwa District
WardSongosongo
Demographics
LanguagesSwahili
Ethnic groupsMatumbi

Nyuni Island (Kisiwa cha Nyuni, in Swahili) is a coral island in the Songosongo Archipelago. The island is governed by the Songosongo ward in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's Indian ocean coast.[1] Geographically, the island is part of the Songosongo Islands archipelago which is composed of 22 reefs and 4 islands.[2] The other three islands are Songo Songo, Fanjove Island and Okuza Island.[3] Nyuni island has an elevation of 14m and is under the national natural gas exploration and extraction initiative.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Nyuni Geography".
  2. ^ "Nyuni".
  3. ^ "About Nyuni".
  4. ^ "Nyuni Elevation".
  5. ^ Pereira-Rego, M., A. D. Carr, and N. R. Cameron. "Gas success along the margin of East Africa, but where is all the generated oil?." American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Online Journal for E&P Geoscientists (2013): 24-26.
  6. ^ Komba, K. K., I. R. Rutta, and S. Z. N. Nyalusi. "Keynote presentation: On-shore and off-shore exploration history and discoveries to date in Tanzania." First EAGE Eastern Africa Petroleum Geoscience Forum. Vol. 2015. No. 1. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2015.


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