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Makatumbi Islands
Makatumbi Islands or Makatumbe Islands (Visiwa Vya Makatumbi in Swahili) is an archipelago of two protected, uninhabited islands in the Sea of Zanj off the coast of Tanzania.
Overview
Makatumbi Islands or Makatumbe Islands (Visiwa Vya Makatumbi in Swahili) is an archipelago of two protected, uninhabited islands in the Sea of Zanj off the coast of Tanzania. The archipelago consists of the inner and outer Makatumbi Islands and is protected by the IUCN category II designation Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve (DMRS). The islands, located in the Kigamboni District of the Dar es Salaam Region, have a combined area of 7.8 square kilometres (3.0 sq mi). To the south is Kimbubu Island, and to the north is the mouth of Dar es Salaam harbor. The island is under threat from marine pollution; elevated cadmium readings were found east of Makatumbe Island near the entrance to the Dar es Salaam harbour.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands0
- Islets6
- Rocks & skerries1
Major islands
Makatumbe Islands
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Islets
- Outer Makatumbe8 m · 0.1 km²
- Unnamed island8 m · 1 ha
- Unnamed island5 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island5 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.1 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Hammond Rock<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- Makatumbe Islands: 13 m
- Outer Makatumbe: 8 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Makatumbe Islands | 0.12 km² |
| Outer Makatumbe | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Hammond Rock | <0.1 ha |