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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Satellite Map

Discover Monkey Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Hausa: “Mashigin Monkey”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Monkey Bay”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مونکی بای”
  • Swahili: “Monkey Bay”
  • Swedish: “Monkey Bay”
  • Turkish: “Monkey Bay”
  • Ukrainian: “Манкі-Бей”
  • Urdu: “منکی بے”
  • Zulu: “Monkey Bay”

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