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]
  Nyuni Island Location on the Songosongo Archipelago | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sea of Zanj |
| Coordinates | 8°22′0.12″S 39°34′0.12″E / 8.3667000°S 39.5667000°E |
| Archipelago | The Songosongo Archipelago |
| Length | 0.6 km (0.37 mi) |
| Width | 0.3 km (0.19 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Region | Lindi Region |
| District | Kilwa District |
| Ward | Songosongo |
| Demographics | |
| Languages | Swahili |
| Ethnic groups | Matumbi |
References
edit- ^ "Nyuni Geography".
- ^ "Nyuni".
- ^ "About Nyuni".
- ^ "Nyuni Elevation".
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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