Nyuni Island

Coordinates: 8°22′0.12″S 39°34′0.12″E / 8.3667000°S 39.5667000°E / -8.3667000; 39.5667000
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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

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.