Mfangano Island
Mfangano Island lies in the eastern part of Lake Victoria, at the mouth of the Winam Gulf. Part of Kenya, it lies west of Rusinga Island. The island is 65 km2 in area and rises to 1,694 m at Mount Kwitutu.- Island
- …has about 16,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,380 metres (4,520 feet)
- Description: island in Kenya
- Also known as“Mfanganu Island”“Mfwanganu Island”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
-0.46559° or 0° 27′ 56″ south
Longitude
34.01181° or 34° 0′ 43″ east
Open location code
6GFPG2M6+QP
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tatar—“Mfangano Island” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Мфангано”
- Cebuano: “Mfangano Island”
- Chinese: “姆凡加諾島”
- Chinese: “姆凡加诺岛”
- Dutch: “Mfangano Island”
- Finnish: “Mfangano”
- French: “Mfangano”
- German: “Mfangano Island”
- German: “Mfangano”
- Japanese: “ムファンガノ島”
- Persian: “مفانگانو”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Mfangano”
- Russian: “Мфангано”
- Spanish: “Isla Mfangano”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Mfangano”
- Swedish: “Mfangano Island”
- Tatar: “Мфангано утравы”
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