Maboko Island
Maboko Island is a small island lying in the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in Nyanza Province of western Kenya. It is about 1.8 km long by 1 km wide. It is an important Middle Miocene paleontological site with fossiliferous deposits that were discovered in the 1930s.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,140 metres (3,740 feet)
- Description: island in Kenya
- Also known as“Karonga”“Karongo Island”“Karungu Island”“Kiboko Island”
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Latitude
-0.16476° or 0° 9′ 53″ south
Longitude
34.60981° or 34° 36′ 35″ east
Open location code
6GFPRJP5+3W
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Maboko Island” goes by many names.
مابوكوArabic
ՄաբոկոArmenian
МабокоBulgarian
Kiboko IslandCebuano
MabokoDutch
Insulo MabokoEsperanto
マボコ島Japanese
КаронгоRussian
КибокоRussian
МабокоRussian
Kiboko IslandSwedish
Maboko AdasıTurkish
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