Ukerewe Island
Ukerewe Island is a freshwater island located in Lake Victoria. The island is administratively part of Ukerewe District in Mwanza Region, Tanzania. The island is the fifth-largest lake island in the world.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Ukerewe Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tanzania
- Category: landform
- Location: Mara, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-2.05° or 2° 3′ south
Longitude
33° east
Elevation
1,274 metres (4,180 feet)
Open location code
6G9MX222+22
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Ukerewe Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة أوكيريوي”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Укерэвэ”
- Belarusian: “Укерэвэ”
- Bulgarian: “Укереве”
- Catalan: “Ukerewe”
- Cebuano: “Ukerewe Island”
- Chinese: “烏凱雷豐島”
- Czech: “Ukerewe”
- Danish: “Ukerewe (ø)”
- Danish: “Ukerewe”
- Dutch: “Ukerewe-eiland”
- Esperanto: “Ukerevo”
- Estonian: “Ukerewe”
- French: “île Oukéréoué”
- French: “Île Oukéréoué”
- Galician: “Illa Ukerewe”
- German: “Ukerewe”
- Italian: “Isola Ukerewe”
- Japanese: “ウケレウェ島”
- Korean: “우케레웨섬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ukerewe”
- Norwegian: “Ukerewe”
- Polish: “Ukerewe”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Ukerewe”
- Russian: “Укереве”
- Spanish: “Isla Ukerewe”
- Spanish: “Ukerewe”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Ukerewe”
- Swahili: “Wilaya ya Ukerewe”
- Swedish: “Ukerewe”
- Ukrainian: “Укереве”
- Zulu: “Ukerewe Island”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kigara and Ndayambuzi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kiregi Island and Nyamikongo Island.
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