Ba Faraba Island

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Ba Faraba Island
NASA World Wind satellite image The Gambia flows in this image section in a westerly direction.  Ba Faraba Island is in the far east.
NASA World Wind satellite
image The Gambia flows in this image section in a westerly direction. Ba Faraba Island is in the far east.
Waters Gambia (river)
Geographical location 13 ° 39 '25 "  N , 15 ° 10' 46"  W Coordinates: 13 ° 39 '25 "  N , 15 ° 10' 46"  W.
Ba Faraba Island (Gambia)
Ba Faraba Island
length 4 km
width 560 m
surface 2.5 km²
Residents uninhabited

Ba Faraba Island is an inland island in the Gambia River in the West African state of Gambia .

The uninhabited island of around two and a half square kilometers is located about ten kilometers downstream from Pasari Island . It is around four kilometers long and around 560 meters wide in the middle. Ba Faraba Island is separated from Pappa Island in the west, i.e. downstream, by a 48 meter wide channel .

See also

literature

  • Stephen C. Stringall, Dody Broyles: Gambia. International Travel Maps, Vancouver 2003, ISBN 1-55341-217-6 (map, 96 × 61 cm, 1: 350,000).