Usingo Island
Usingo Island is a small lake island in Kenya, which is located in Migori County, in Lake Victoria. Usingo Island has an elevation of 1,185 metres.- Type: Islet
- Description: small lake island in Kenya
- Also known as: “Ugingo Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Migingo Island and Pyramid Island.
Migingo Island
Islet
Migingo is an island on Lake Victoria in Kenya. At only 2,000 m2, it is the 7th most densely populated island on earth. The island has been a low-level territorial dispute between Kenya and Uganda.
Pyramid Island
Island
Pyramid Island is a Kenyan island whose westernmost point is used to demarcate the border between Kenya and Uganda just north of the 1st degree south parallel in Lake Victoria.
Usingo Island
- Categories: island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Homa Bay County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Usingo Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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