Monkey Bay

Monkey Bay is at the southern end of Lake Malawi, in the of . It is a small port town, home to large monkey population and gateway to and the world heritage listed .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Monkey Bay Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving the port town of Monkey Bay, in the of . There is high terrain northwest of the airport.

Monkey Bay

Latitude
-14.0831° or 14° 4′ 59″ south
Longitude
34.9145° or 34° 54′ 52″ east
Population
16,900
Elevation
484 metres (1,588 feet)
IATA airport code
MYZ
United Nations Location Code
MW MYZ
Open location code
5GQPWW87+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 265361856
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
926308
Wiki­data ID
Q1944901
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Monkey Bay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Monkey Bay
  • Cebuano: Monkey Bay
  • Chinese: 猴子灣
  • Danish: Monkey Bay
  • Dutch: Monkey Bay
  • French: Lusumbwe
  • French: Monkey Bay
  • German: Monkey Bay
  • Hungarian: Monkey Bay
  • Icelandic: Apaflói
  • Icelandic: Monkey Bay
  • Italian: Monkey Bay
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Monkey Bay
  • Norwegian: Monkey Bay
  • Nyanja: Monkey Bay
  • Persian: مونکی بای
  • Polish: Monkey Bay
  • Russian: Мон­ки-Бей
  • South Azerbaijani: مونکی بای
  • Swahili: Monkey Bay
  • Swedish: Monkey Bay
  • Turkish: Monkey Bay
  • Ukrainian: Манкі-Бей
  • Zulu: Monkey Bay

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