Kendwa Island

Kendwa Island
Kendwa Island
IUCN category II (national park)
	location in Tanzania
Location	Tanzania,; Dar es Salaam Region,; Kigamboni District
Nearest city	Dar es Salaam
Coordinates	6°47′56″S 39°19′51″E / 6.79889°S 39.33083°E
Area	5.30km²
Established	March 2007
Governing body	Marine Parks & Reserves Authority (Tanzania)
Website	DMRS

Kendwa Island (Kisiwa cha Kendwa, 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 Tanzania.^[1] The islands reserve measures around 5.30km2. The Sinda Island is to the east of the island, the Makatumbi Islands are to the north, and the Kigamboni ward of Kigamboni is to the west.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] The island is home to endangered coconunt crabs. ^[7]

References

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^ "Marine Parks and Marine Reserves of Tanzania". Retrieved 2020-09-07.
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^ Okera, W. "The zooplankton of the inshore waters of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania, SE Africa) with observations on reactions to artificial light." Marine Biology 26 (1974): 13-25.
^ Jones, D. A. “New Isopods of the Genus Lanocira (Corallanidae) from the Indian Ocean Region.” Crustaceana, vol. 42, no. 1, 1982, pp. 65–75. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20103693. Accessed 10 Sept. 2023.
^ Hoyle, B. S. “African Politics and Port Expansion at Dar Es Salaam.” Geographical Review, vol. 68, no. 1, 1978, pp. 31–50. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/213509. Accessed 10 Sept. 2023.
^ Caro, Tim, et al. "A case study of the coconut crab Birgus latro on Zanzibar highlights global threats and conservation solutions." Oryx 55.4 (2021): 556-563.