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The following is the list of islands in the territory of
Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
.For a more complete list of the isles of Tanzania, see :sw:Orodha ya visiwa vya Tanzania


By geographic zone


Lake Victoria

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Nabuyongo Island Nabuyongo Island, also known as Godsiba, is a small island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. During the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in his ...
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Ukerewe Island Ukerewe is the fifth-largest lake island in the world. With an area of , it is also the largest island in Lake Victoria and the largest lake island in Africa. Ukerewe Island is located in the Ukerewe District of Mwanza Region in the great lak ...
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Ukara Island Ukara is an island in Lake Victoria. Part of Tanzania, it is located 10 km north of Ukerewe Island, in the Ukerewe District, Mwanza Region. Also known as Bukara. The island is notable for its unique indigenous system of labor-intensive mix ...
* Saanane Island * Rubondo Island


Indian Ocean

* Mwambamwamba Island * Ulenge Island * Kirui Island * Gozini Island * Gulio Island * Kwale Island * Karange Island * Sangi Island * Funguni Island (sand bank), Pangani District * Bongoyo Island * Fungu Yasini Island *
Kilwa Kisiwani Kilwa Kisiwani (English: ''Kilwa Island'') is an island, national historic site, and hamlet community located in the township of Kilwa Masoko, the district seat of Kilwa District in the Tanzanian region of Lindi Region in southern Tanzania. Ki ...
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Mafia Island Mafia Island (Kisiwa cha Mafia) is an island and district of Pwani Region, Tanzania. The island is the third largest in Tanzanian ocean territory, but is not administratively included within the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, which has been ...
* Maziwi Island, Pangani District * Mbudya Island *
Okuza Island Okuza Island is a coral island in Songosongo ward in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's Indian ocean coast. Geographically, the island is part of the Songosongo Islands archipelago which is composed of 22 reefs and 4 islands. The other ...
* Pangavini Island *
Songo Songo Island Songo Songo Island is the main island of the archipelago of the Songosongo Islands located in Songosongo ward of Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania. It is served by the Songo Songo Airstrip. The island's native inhabitants are the Mat ...
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Songosongo Islands The Songosongo Islands is an Archipelago in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's Indian ocean coast.The archipelago is composed of 21 coral reefs including the 4 coral islands. In total, the archipelago covers an area of , and has an averag ...
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Okuza Island Okuza Island is a coral island in Songosongo ward in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's Indian ocean coast. Geographically, the island is part of the Songosongo Islands archipelago which is composed of 22 reefs and 4 islands. The other ...
* Nyuni Island *
Toten Island Toten Island ( Swahili ''Kisiwa cha Toten'', adapted from German ''Toteninsel'', meaning "Island of the Dead") is a small uninhabited and protected island situated north of the city of Tanga's harbour in Tanga Region, Tanzania. It is within th ...
* Yambe Island, also known as Jambe Island *
Zanzibar Archipelago The Zanzibar Archipelago ( ar, أرخبيل زنجبار, sw, Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar) consists of several islands lying off the coast of East Africa south of the Somali sea. The archipelago is also known as the Spice Islands. There are four ...
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Bawe Island Bawe Island is a small island in the Zanzibar Archipelago, in Tanzania. It is located about offshore Stone Town, the capital of Zanzibar on the island of Unguja. At the end of the 18th century, sultan Barghash ibn Sa'id of Zanzibar gave the i ...
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Changuu Changuu Island (also known as Kibandiko, Prison or Quarantine Island) is a small island northwest of Stone Town, Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania. The island is around long and wide at its broadest point. The island saw use as a prison for rebelli ...
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Chumbe Island Chumbe Island is a small privately owned island a few kilometres off the main island of Zanzibar, known for its ecological innovation and exceptional coral reefs. In 1992 the fringing reef west of Chumbe Island was officially closed to fishing, ...
** Fundo Island **
Latham Island Latham Island, known locally as Fungu Kizimkazi, Fungu Mbaraka is a small, relatively isolated island in the Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania which is historically under the Government of Zanzibar since 1898. History The island has several local n ...
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Pemba Island Pemba Island ( ar, الجزيرة الخضراء ''al-Jazīra al-khadrā'', literally "The Green Island"; sw, Pemba kisiwa) is a Tanzanian island forming part of the Zanzibar Archipelago, lying within the Swahili Coast in the Indian Ocean. Geog ...
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Tumbatu Tumbatu (''eneo la kale wa Tumbatu'' in Swahili) is historic Swahili settlement located on Tumbatu Island, Kaskazini A District of Unguja North Region in Tanzania. This site is a significant archaeological site that contains a large number of ...
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Unguja Unguja (also referred to as "Zanzibar Island" or simply "Zanzibar", in grc, Μενουθιάς, Menuthias – as mentioned in The ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'') is the largest and most populated island of the Zanzibar archipelago, in Tanza ...
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Uzi Island Uzi Island is an island in the south of Zanzibar, connected by causeway to the main island of Unguja. It is located immediately to the south of the main island's Unguja Ukuu ruins. The island is undeveloped and contains few occupants who temporari ...
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Vundwe Island Vundwe Island is a small uninhabited island in Tanzania. The islet is part of the Zanzibar Archipelago, and is located near the southwestern coast of Unguja. It lies only 300 m south of Uzi Island and it has an area of 1,4 km2. Its elev ...


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Islands An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...