Latham Island

Latham Island
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map showing the location of Latham Island
Map showing the location of Latham Island
location in Tanzania
Location Tanzania,
Dar es Salaam Region,
Kigamboni District
Nearest cityDar es Salaam
Coordinates6°54′S 39°56′E / 6.900°S 39.933°E / -6.900; 39.933
Area0.03 km2
EstablishedMarch 2007
Governing bodyRevolutionary Government of Zanzibar

Latham Island, known locally as Fungu Kizimkazi (Kisiwa cha Fungu Kizimkazi, in Swahili) is an isolated island 43 km east of Kigamboni District in the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The island geographically considered a part of the Zanzibar Archipelago of Tanzania, it was once politically under the Sultanate of Zanzibar from 1898 to 1963. Currently, the island is administered by the United Republic of Tanzania.[1][2]

  1. ^ "No dispute over the Latham Island". Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  2. ^ Gwynne, M. D., et al. “Latham Island: An Ecological Note.” The Geographical Journal, vol. 136, no. 2, 1970, pp. 247–51. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1796284. Accessed 10 September 2023.

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