Bawe (island)
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Zanzibar Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 6 ° 8 '59 " S , 39 ° 7' 53" E | |
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| length | 1 km | |
| width | 500 m | |
Bawe (also Bawi , Baui , formerly Telegraph Island) is a small island in the Zanzibar Archipelago ( Tanzania ) in the Indian Ocean. The elongated island extends from northeast to southwest over a length of 1 kilometer, at its widest point it measures a good 500 meters. Bawe is about 5.8 kilometers from Zanzibar City on the west coast of Unguja . There is a privately owned, high-class hotel on the island . The waters around the island are suitable for diving.
history
In colonial times at the end of the 19th century, Bawe was also known as "Telegraph Island". Telegraph cables coming in from different directions ended here. The telegraph company owned a small stone house there that could be used as a telegraph station in an emergency.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daniela Eiletz-chewing, Sabine Jorke, Steffi Kordy (2007): Kenya. Tanzania. Zanzibar . DuMont travel publisher.
- ^ Oskar Baumann (1899): The Sansibar Archipelago : Results of a research trip carried out in 1895/96 with the support of the Geography Association in Leipzig. The island of Zanzibar and its smaller neighboring islands, Volume 2