Mount Homa
Mount Homa is a complex volcano located in western Kenya. It forms a broad peninsula on the southern shore of Winam Gulf, an extension of Lake Victoria.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,751 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Got Huma”, “Got Uma”, “Homavuori”, and “Hon”
Mount Homa
- Categories: mountain, hill, and landform
- Location: Homa Bay County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.38431° or 0° 23′ 4″ south
Longitude
34.49977° or 34° 29′ 59″ east
Elevation
1,751 metres (5,745 feet)
Open location code
6GFPJF8X+7W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Homa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل هوما”
- Catalan: “volcà Homa”
- Catalan: “Volcà Homa”
- Cebuano: “Homa”
- Chinese: “霍馬山”
- Czech: “Homa”
- Danish: “Mount Homa”
- Dutch: “Mount Homa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت هوما”
- Finnish: “Homa”
- French: “Mount Homa”
- Georgian: “ჰომა”
- German: “Mount Homa”
- Greek: “Όρος Χόμα”
- Hebrew: “הר הומה”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Homa”
- Italian: “Monte Homa”
- Ladin: “Mount Homa”
- Persian: “کوه هما”
- Polish: “Homa”
- Russian: “Хома”
- Slovak: “Homa”
- Spanish: “Monte Homa”
- Swahili: “Mlima Homa”
- Swedish: “Homa, Kenya”
- Swedish: “Homa”
- Venetian: “Monte Homa”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Doho and Kanam.
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Highlights: Abundu Hot Springs and Rachuonyo G.K Prison.
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