East Africa
Kenya
Homa Bay County

Usingo Island

Usingo Island is a small lake island in , which is located in Migori County, in . Usingo Island has an elevation of 1,185 metres.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: small lake island in Kenya
  • Also known as: “Ugingo Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Migingo Island and Pyramid Island.

Islet
Migingo is an island on in . At only 2,000 m2, it is extremely densely populated. The island has been a low-level territorial dispute between Kenya and Uganda. Migingo's location makes it useful for Kenyan and Ugandan fishermen.

Island
is a Kenyan island whose westernmost point is used to demarcate the border between Kenya and just north of the 1st degree south parallel in .

Usingo Island

Latitude
-0.88262° or 0° 52′ 57″ south
Longitude
33.94168° or 33° 56′ 30″ east
Elevation
1,185 metres (3,888 feet)
Open location code
6GFM4W8R+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8074439
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
8605134
Wiki­data ID
Q27203410
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Satellite Map

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

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Usingo Island” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Islla Usingo”
  • Cebuano: “Usingo Island”
  • Italian: “Usingo”
  • Russian: “Усинго”
  • Spanish: “Isla Usingo”
  • Spanish: “Usingo Island”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Usingo”
  • Swedish: “Usingo Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Усінго”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Usingo Island”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.