Watamu Marine National Park
Watamu Marine National Park and Reserve is located in Kenya. Established in 1968, it was one of Kenya's first marine parks. It is located about 90 miles north of Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city.Photo: Useslip, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watamu and Matsangoni.
Watamu
Town
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Watamu is a small town located approximately 105 km north of Mombasa and about 15 km south of Malindi on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It lies on a small headland, between the Blue Lagoon and Watamu Bay. Watamu is situated 5 km northeast of Watamu Marine National Park.
Matsangoni
Village
The Coast Province was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. Matsangoni is situated 7 km west of Watamu Marine National Park.
Watamu Marine National Park
- Type: Park
- Description: national park in Kenya
- Category: national park
- Location: Kilifi County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Watamu Marine National Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “瓦塔穆海洋国家公园”
- Chinese: “瓦塔穆海洋國家公園”
- French: “parc national marin de Watamu”
- French: “Parc national marin de Watamu”
- Fulah: “Watamu”
- German: “Watamu Marine National Reserve”
- German: “Watamu Meeres-Nationalpark”
- German: “Watamu-Marine-Nationalpark”
- German: “Watamu-Meeres-Nationalpark”
- Italian: “parco nazionale marino di Watamu”
- Italian: “Parco nazionale marino e riserva di Watamu”
- Japanese: “ワタム海中国立公園”
- Malayalam: “വത്താമു മറൈൻ ദേശീയോദ്യാനം”
- Persian: “پارک ملی واترامو”
- Russian: “Ватаму”
- Ukrainian: “Ватаму (національний морський парк)”
- Ukrainian: “Ватаму”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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