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Archipelago

    Equatorial Guinea

    0°59′N 9°30′E

    Islas de Elobey

    Major islands

    2

    • Elobey Grande

      Area
      1.8 km²
      High point
      42 m

      Elobey Grande, or Great Elobey, is an island of Equatorial Guinea, lying at the mouth of the Mitémélé River. It is sparsely inhabited. Elobey Chico is a smaller island offshore, now uninhabited but once the colonial capital of the Río Muni. The island is located in the Gulf of Guinea.

    • Elobey Chico

      Area
      0.25 km²
      High point
      28 m

      5 km from the mouth of the Mitémélé River. The island is now uninhabited but was once the de facto colonial capital of the Spanish territory of Río Muni. Officially, the island was associated with Fernando Pó, but the connection seemed to be little more than fiction.

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level20 m40 m60 m42 mElobey Grande28 mElobey Chico
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata