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Nyuni Island

Nyuni IslandLocation on the Songosongo Archipelago
Geography
Location	Sea of Zanj
Coordinates	8°22′0.12″S 39°34′0.12″E / 8.3667000°S 39.5667000°E / -8.3667000; 39.5667000
Archipelago	The Songosongo Archipelago
Length	0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Width	0.3 km (0.19 mi)
Administration
Tanzania
Region	Lindi Region
District	Kilwa District
Ward	Songosongo
Demographics
Languages	Swahili
Ethnic groups	Matumbi

Nyuni Island (Kisiwa cha Nyuni, in Swahili) is a coral island in the Songosongo Archipelago. The island is governed by the 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 three islands are Songo Songo, Fanjove Island and Okuza Island. Nyuni island has an elevation of 14m and is under the national natural gas exploration and extraction initiative.

References

1. "Nyuni Geography".
2. "Nyuni".
3. "About Nyuni".
4. "Nyuni Elevation".
5. Pereira-Rego, M., A. D. Carr, and N. R. Cameron. "Gas success along the margin of East Africa, but where is all the generated oil?." American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Online Journal for E&P Geoscientists (2013): 24-26.
6. Komba, K. K., I. R. Rutta, and S. Z. N. Nyalusi. "Keynote presentation: On-shore and off-shore exploration history and discoveries to date in Tanzania." First EAGE Eastern Africa Petroleum Geoscience Forum. Vol. 2015. No. 1. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2015.

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