The Songosongo Islands is an Archipelago in
Kilwa District
Kilwa District (''Wilaya ya Kilwa'' in Swahili) is one of six administrative districts of Lindi Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of . The district is comparable in size to the land area of the nation state of East Timor. Kilwa d ...
of
Lindi Region
Lindi Region (''Mkoa wa Lindi'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Sri Lanka. The regional capital is the m ...
in
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 ...
's Indian ocean coast.The
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
is composed of 21
coral reefs
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of Colony (biology), colonies of coral polyp (zoology), polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, wh ...
including the 4
coral islands
A coral island is a type of island formed from coral detritus and associated organic material. It occurs in tropical and sub-tropical areas, typically as part of a coral reef which has grown to cover a far larger area under the sea.
Ecosystem
...
. In total, the archipelago covers an area of , and has an average elevation of . The four Islands in the archipelago are
Fanjove,
Nyuni Island,
Songo Songo and
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 ...
. The Islands have been found to contain 20 million tonnes worth of natural gas within the archipelago.
[Dube, Opha Pauline. “Impact of Climate Change, Vulnerability and Adaptation Options: Exploring the Case for Botswana through Southern Africa: A Review.” Botswana Notes and Records, vol. 35, Botswana Society, 2003, pp. 147–68, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980347.]
References
Islands of Lindi Region
Islands of Tanzania
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