Kiwamooka

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Kiwamooka
Waters Indian Ocean
Archipelago Bajuni Islands
Geographical location 0 ° 56 ′  S , 42 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 56 ′  S , 42 ° 5 ′  E
Kiwamooka (Somalia)
Kiwamooka

Kiwamooka (also: Chiva Giamoga ) 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

At this point the fringing reef forms several reef crowns one behind the other towards the sea. The island is one of the islands in the inner reef rim. There are numerous other reef islets in the area, including Kuwuubi , Bawaadi and Bengadiine .

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. Kiwamooka at GeoNames , geonames.org. Retrieved August 7, 2020