Ssese Islands

The Ssese Islands are an archipelago of 84 islands in the northwest of Lake Victoria, . About 43 of the islands are inhabited. The islands vary in size from less than 10,000 m², to over 40 km long for the largest island, Buggala.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: islands of Uganda
  • Also known as: “Sese Islands”, “Ssese Island”, and “Ssese Islands in Kalangala”

Ssese Islands

Latitude
-0.4339° or 0° 26′ 2″ south
Longitude
32.2509° or 32° 15′ 3″ east
Elevation
1,134 metres (3,720 feet)
Open location code
6GFJH782+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4843548325
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
226321
Wiki­data ID
Q1060862
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Zulu—“Ssese Islands” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Архіпелаг Сэсэ”
  • Belarusian: “Сэсэ”
  • Bengali: “সেসে দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Bulgarian: “Сесе”
  • Cebuano: “Sese Islands”
  • Czech: “Ssese”
  • Dutch: “Sese Island”
  • Dutch: “Ssese eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Ssese-eilanden”
  • Finnish: “Bugala”
  • Finnish: “Buggala”
  • Finnish: “Sese-saaret”
  • Finnish: “Sese”
  • Finnish: “Ssese-saaret”
  • Finnish: “Ssese”
  • French: “îles Sese”
  • French: “Îles Sese”
  • German: “Ssese-Inseln”
  • Hungarian: “Ssese-szigetek”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Ssese”
  • Indonesian: “Ssese”
  • Italian: “Isole Ssese”
  • Japanese: “スセセ諸島”
  • Japanese: “セセ諸島”
  • Korean: “세세 제도”
  • Lithuanian: “Sesės salos”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Ssese”
  • Russian: “Сесе”
  • Spanish: “Islas Ssese”
  • Swahili: “Visiwa vya Ssese”
  • Telugu: “ఇస్సేనే దీవులు”
  • Zulu: “Ssese Islands”

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