Boboayizi Island
Bobowasi Island is an island in Ghana in the Axim Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. It is located 1.8 kilometres from the town of Axim and Axim Castle, north of Watts Rock, east of Egwang Rock, and south of Mensell Hedwig Rock, at the geographic coordinates.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Ghana
- Also known as: “Bobowase” and “Bobowasi Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Saint Anthony and Nzema East Municipal District.
Fort Saint Anthony
Castle
Photo: Jesuraj Alakassery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Saint Anthony was a fort built by the Portuguese in 1515 near the town of Axim, in what is now Ghana. In 1642, the Dutch captured the fort and subsequently made it part of the Dutch Gold Coast.
Nzema East Municipal District
Government office
Nzema East Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. It was originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Nzema East District, which was created from the former Nzema District Council…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axim and Domunli.
Axim
Photo: Ottomuc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Axim is a coastal town and the capital of Nzema East Municipal district, a district in Western Region of South Ghana. Axim lies 64 kilometers west of the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region, west of Cape Three Points.
Domunli
Village
Domunli is a town in the Western Region of Ghana. The town is south of Agufo on the Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located 100 kilometres west of the regional capital, Takoradi, and is in the Jomoro District. Domunli is situated 5 km southeast of Boboayizi Island.
Boboayizi Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Boboayizi Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Boboayizi Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bobowasi Island”
- Dutch: “Bobowasi Island”
- French: “Île de Bobowasi”
- Persian: “جزیره بوبوواسی”
- Polish: “Bobowasi”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Bobowasi”
- Slovenian: “Bobowasi”
- Spanish: “Isla Bobowasi”
- Swedish: “Bobowasi Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pepre Point and Apewusika.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bobowasi Island Lighthouse and Giba Island.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Boboayizi Island”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.