Bobowasi Island

Bobowasi Island is an island in in the Axim Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. It is located 1.8 kilometres from the town of and Axim Castle, north of Watts Rock, east of Egwang Rock, and south of Mensell Hedwig Rock, at the geographic coordinates.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Boboayizi Island” and “Bobowase”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Saint Anthony and Nzema East Municipal District.

Castle
Photo: Jesuraj Alakassery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was a fort built by the Portuguese in 1515 near the town of , in what is now . In 1642, the Dutch captured the fort and subsequently made it part of the Dutch Gold Coast.

Government office
is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, . 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.

Photo: Ottomuc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a coastal town and the capital of , a district in of South . lies 64 kilometers west of the port city of in the Western Region, west of .

Village
is a town in the of . The town is south of on the Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located 100 kilometres west of the regional capital, Takoradi, and is in the Jomoro District. is situated 5 km southeast of Bobowasi Island.

Bobowasi Island

Latitude
4.86182° or 4° 51′ 43″ north
Longitude
-2.24866° or 2° 14′ 55″ west
Open location code
6CPVVQ62+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4183398
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2302904
Wiki­data ID
Q732815
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Satellite Map

Discover Bobowasi Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bobowasi 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

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Axim Post Office and Axim Governmenr Hospital.

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