Chapwani Island
Chapwani Island is located in Tanzania
Chapwani Island
Chapwani Island
Geography
LocationZanzibar Channel
Coordinates06°07′37″S 39°11′31″E / 6.12694°S 39.19194°E / -6.12694; 39.19194
ArchipelagoZanzibar Archipelago
Adjacent toIndian Ocean
Length0.7 km (0.43 mi)
Width0.1 km (0.06 mi)
Administration
RegionMjini Magharibi Region
DistrictMjini
WardMalindi
Demographics
LanguagesSwahili
Ethnic groupsHadimu

Chapwani Island (Kisiwa cha Chapwani, in Swahili) is a private island located in Malindi ward of Mjini District in Mjini Magharibi Region, Tanzania. A British naval cemetery located in Chapwani serves as the last resting place for servicemen who died while serving in Zanzibar.[1] These are the graves of those who perished in the attack by the German cruiser SMS Königsberg on the British protected cruiser HMS Pegasus during World War One. [2] [3] Interms of marine protection, Changuu and Chapwani reefs were seen as less protected, whereas Chumbe reefs and Kizimkazi reefs were thought to be well protected. [4]

References

  1. "Chapwani Private Island short history".
  2. "Chapwani Private Island".
  3. Mallon, Rachael. "A study of corallivores of Bawe and Chumbe Islands, Zanzibar." (2010).
  4. Chauka, Leonard J., and Baraka P. Nyangoko. "Climate change impacts outweigh conservation efforts in coral reefs that are highly exposed to thermal stresses in Zanzibar, Tanzania." Ocean & Coastal Management 238 (2023): 106575.
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