Rusinga Island
Rusinga Island is on Lake Victoria in Western Kenya. Like the waters surrounding it, Rusinga is a mellow and relaxed place.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Kenya
- Also known as: “Isola di Rusinga” and “Rusinga-eilân”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mbita Point.
Rusinga Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Homa Bay County, Western Kenya, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.4065° or 0° 24′ 24″ south
Longitude
34.1771° or 34° 10′ 38″ east
Elevation
1,280 metres (4,199 feet)
Open location code
6GFPH5VG+9R
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Rusinga Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة روسنغا”
- Armenian: “Ռուսինգա (կղզի)”
- Armenian: “Ռուսինգա”
- Asturian: “Islla Rusinga”
- Bulgarian: “Русинга”
- Catalan: “Illa Rusinga”
- Cebuano: “Rusinga Island”
- Chinese: “魯辛加島”
- Chinese: “鲁辛加岛”
- Dutch: “Rusinga”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Rusinga”
- French: “Rusinga”
- German: “Rusinga Island”
- German: “Rusinga”
- Interlingua: “Rusinga”
- Italian: “Rusinga”
- Japanese: “ルシンガ島”
- Persian: “روسینگا”
- Russian: “Русинга (остров)”
- Russian: “Русинга”
- Spanish: “Isla Rusinga”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Rusinga”
- Swedish: “Rusinga”
- Swiss German: “Rusinga Island”
- Turkish: “Rusinga Adası”
- Western Frisian: “Rusinga”
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