Latham Island
Latham Island, known locally as Fungu Kizimkazi is an isolated island 43 km east of Kigamboni District in the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The island geographically considered a part of the Zanzibar Archipelago of Tanzania, it was once politically under the Sultanate of Zanzibar from 1898 to 1963.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Fungu Kisimkasi” and “Fungu Kizimkazi (Latham Island)”
Latham Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Zanzibar Central/South, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-6.9034° or 6° 54′ 12″ southLongitude
39.92697° or 39° 55′ 37″ eastOpen location code
6G5X3WWG+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 394491686OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Zulu—“Latham Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Latham (Tanzània)”
- Catalan: “Latham”
- Cebuano: “Latham Island”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Latham”
- German: “Latham Island”
- Hebrew: “לאת’אם (אי)”
- Korean: “라담섬”
- Portuguese: “Latham (Tanzânia)”
- Portuguese: “Latham”
- Swahili: “Fungu Kizimkazi”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Latham”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ لاتھام”
- Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ لاتھام”
- Zulu: “Latham Island”
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