Zanzibar Channel
The Zanzibar Channel is a strait in south-eastern Africa, separating the island of Unguja from mainland Tanzania. The channel is 120 km long and 29–37 km wide, with depth varying from a few dozen metres to a few hundred metres to the north and to the south.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Zanzibar Channel
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- Description: strait between Zanzibar and Tanganyika (mainland)
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Latitude
-6° or 6° south
Longitude
39° east
Open location code
6G6X2222+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Zanzibar Channel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة زنجبار”
- Azerbaijani: “Zənzibar boğazı”
- Catalan: “Canal de Zanzíbar”
- Cebuano: “Zanzibar Channel”
- Dutch: “Zanzibar-kanaal”
- Esperanto: “Markolo de Zanzibaro”
- French: “canal de Zanzibar”
- French: “Canal de Zanzibar”
- Hebrew: “תעלת זנזיבר”
- Italian: “canale di Zanzibar”
- Italian: “Canale di Zanzibar”
- Japanese: “ザンジバル海峡”
- Lithuanian: “Zanzibaro kanalas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zanzibarkanalen”
- Polish: “Kanał Zanzibarski”
- Portuguese: “Canal de Zanzibar”
- Romanian: “Strâmtoarea Zanzibar”
- Russian: “Занзибарский пролив”
- Slovak: “Zanzibarský prieliv”
- Spanish: “Canal de Zanzibar”
- Spanish: “Canal de Zanzíbar”
- Swahili: “Mfereji wa Zanzibar”
- Swedish: “Zanzibarkanalen”
- Western Frisian: “Kanaal fan Sansibar”
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Notable Places Nearby
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Tanzania: Highlights
Notable places include Dar es Salaam and Mount Kilimanjaro.
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