Makatumbi Islands or Makatumbe Islands ( in

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa * Swahili culture Swahili culture is the culture of ...

) is an archipelago of two protected, uninhabited islands in the

Sea of Zanj The Sea of Zanj ( ar, بحر زنج) is a former name for that portion of the western Indian Ocean adjacent to the region in the African Great Lakes referred to by medieval Arab geographers as Zanj.

off the coast of Tanzania. The archipelago consists of the inner and outer Makatumbi Islands and is protected by the IUCN category II designation

Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve The Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve System (DMRS) is a group of marine wildlife reserves in Tanzania, situated off the coast of Dar es Salaam Region. The reserve system consists of nine uninhabited islands, four north of Dar es Salaam ( Bongoyo, Mb ...

(DMRS). The islands, located in the

Kigamboni District Kigamboni District (officially known as Kigamboni Municipal Council) is a district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Kigamboni District is divided into 9 administrative wards. # Tungi # Vijibweni # Kimbiji # Kisarawe II # Kigamboni # Mjimwema # K ...

of the

Dar es Salaam Region Dar es Salaam Region (''Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions and is located in the east coast of the country. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land and ...

, have a combined area of . To the south is

Kimbubu Island Kimbubu Island (''Kisiwa cha Kimbubu'', in Swahili) is a protected, uninhabited island in the Sea of Zanj under the Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve (DMRS) with the IUCN category II located within Kigamboni District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanza ...

, and to the north is the mouth of Dar es Salaam harbor. The island is under threat from

marine pollution Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial waste, industrial, agricultural pollution, agricultural and municipal solid waste, residential waste, particle (ecology), particles, noise, excess carbon dioxid ...

; elevated cadmium readings were found east of Makatumbe Island near the entrance to the Dar es Salaam harbour. Muzuka, A. "Distribution of heavy metals in the coastal marine surficial sediments in the Msasani Bay-Dar es Salaam harbour area." Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 6.1 (2008).

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Coastal islands of Tanzania Geography of Dar es Salaam Uninhabited islands of Tanzania {{DaresSalaam-geo-stub

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