Furro

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Furro
Waters Indian Ocean
Archipelago Bajuni Islands
Geographical location 0 ° 32 '  S , 42 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 0 ° 32 '  S , 42 ° 26'  E
Furro (Somalia)
Furro

Furro (also: Furu ) is a tiny island in Somalia . It belongs politically to Jubaland and geographically to the Bajuni Islands , a chain of coral islands ( barrier islands ), which extends from Kismaayo in the north over 100 kilometers to the Raas Kaambooni near the Kenyan border.

geography

The island lies off the coast between Yabangoodi in the north and Ilisi in the south. The island is about 1.5 km from the coast and consists of the sea-side reef edge. Another reef edge emerges from the sea about 80 meters further east.

climate

The climate is tropical hot monsoon climate .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oscar Gakuo Mwangi: Jubaland: Somalia's new security dilemma and state-building efforts. In: Africa Review 8.2 (2016): pp. 120–132.
  2. Furro at GeoNames , geonames.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020