Rusinga Island
Rusinga Island is on Lake Victoria in Western Kenya. Like the waters surrounding it, Rusinga is a mellow and relaxed place.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mbita Point.
Mbita Point
Town
Mbita Point is a town in the former province of Nyanza, Kenya, currently in Homa Bay County, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is home to the Thomas Odhiambo campus of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology.
Rusinga Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Kenya
- Category: landform
- Location: Homa Bay County, Western Kenya, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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: “Isola di Rusinga”
- Italian: “Rusinga Island”
- Italian: “Rusinga”
- Japanese: “ルシンガ島”
- Persian: “روسینگا”
- Russian: “Русинга (остров)”
- Russian: “Русинга”
- Spanish: “Isla Rusinga”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Rusinga”
- Swedish: “Rusinga”
- Tosk Albanian: “Rusinga Island”
- Turkish: “Rusinga Adası”
- Western Frisian: “Rusinga-eilân”
- Western Frisian: “Rusinga”
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