Pungume Island (Kisiwa cha Pungume, in Swahili) is a protected island located in Fumba ward of Mjini District in Mjini Magharibi Region, Tanzania. The largest of the Menai Bay islands, the island is composed of limestone and is a part of the Menai Bay Marine Conservation Area.[1] The island was close to the location of the 2012 capsized ship MV Sagit.[2]
The island boasts some of the best fishing in the archipelago. In one study it was found that roughly 27% of respondents thought Pungume Island was the best location for seasonal closure for fish stock recovery, while almost one-third thought the islets of Nyemembe and Miwi were the best options.Omar, Ramla T., J. S. Mbwambo, and Islam SS Mchenga. "Indigenous knowledge values for marine conservation in Unguja Island, Zanzibar." (2018).
^Kotarba-Morley, Anna M., et al. "Coastal landscape changes at Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: Contextualizing the archaeology of an early Islamic port of trade." The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 19.1 (2024): 57-91.
^Zzziwa, N. Margaret. "EALA condoles with HE President Jakaya Kikwete and the Citizens of the United Republic of Tanzania." (2012).
PungumeIsland (Kisiwa cha Pungume, in Swahili) is a protected island located in Fumba ward of Mjini District in Mjini Magharibi Region, Tanzania. The...
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Mnemba, Mwana wa Mwana, Nianembe, Popo, Pungume, and Ukanga.[citation needed] Unguja and the surrounding islands are divided into three regions: Zanzibar...
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The Pungume Lighthouse is located on PungumeIsland at the south western tip of the Zanzibar Archipelago, in Tanzania. The Lighthouse is a squared stone...
the coservation are Ukombe Island, Kwale Island, kamunda Islands, Sume Island, Miwi Island, Niamembe Island and PungumeIsland. The average water depth...
Conservation Area (MBCA), which is situated off the southwest coast of Unguja Island, are the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) and the Indian...
of Fumba have also identified sine netting near the sand banks of islands like Pungume, Kwale, and Ukombe as a threat to biodiversity, even though this...
around the islands, particularly on the sides that are exposed to high seas.Pungume, Mianembe, Komunda, and Miwi Islets are some of Unguja South Region's reefs...
2015, the 29 km solo swim across the Zanzibar Channel starting at the Pungume Sandbank was completed in 9 hrs 1 minute by Jean Craven (SA), Robert Dunford...
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