Pyramid Island (Kenya)
| Pyramid Island (Kenya) | ||
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| Waters | Lake Victoria | |
| Geographical location | 0 ° 54 ′ 7 ″ S , 33 ° 56 ′ 22 ″ E | |
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| length | 1.2 km | |
| width | 570 m | |
| surface | 50 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 1306 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Pyramid Island is a small island belonging to Kenya in a fish-rich area of eastern Lake Victoria . The island got its name because of its pyramid-like shape, is uninhabited and offers no mooring for boats. It is 1.6 km and 1.8 km south of the islands of Usingo and Migingo , respectively, and these three islands are sometimes combined as the Migingo Islands .
While the state affiliation of the neighboring Migingo Island is controversial, the affiliation of Pyramid Island is clear, since the Ugandan constitution of 1955 mentions the island when describing the border: the border with Kenya to the east runs on its western tip, which means the island itself belongs to Kenya. The small Pyramid Island has become a kind of "border marker" in an international conflict over the disputed island of Migingo: If Migingo is located west of Pyramid Island, it belongs to Uganda, if it is to the east, it belongs to Kenya.
With a height of 1306 meters, the island rises 172 meters steeply above the lake level of Lake Victoria.
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