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Zanzibar Channel

Zanzibar Channel

Strait in Tanzania

The Zanzibar Channel is a strait in south-eastern Africa, separating the island of Unguja (also known as Zanzibar) from mainland Tanzania. The channel is 120 km long and 29–37 km wide, with depth varying from a few dozen metres (in the centre) to a few hundred metres to the north and to the south. The channel is entirely located in Tanzanian territorial waters. [2] In ancient times the overall depth of the channel has been considerably smaller (about 120 m less during the last ice age).[2]

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The southern entrance to the Channel is indicated by a lighthouse located on the mainland coast on the Ras Kanzi promontory, 22 km south of Dar es Salaam.[3]

Swimming

In 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 (Kenya), Megan Harrington Johnson (SA), Samantha Whelpton (SA) and Emil Berning (SA) [4]

References

  1. [1]
    Google Earth
  2. [2]
    Sediment Distribution and Transport in the Zanzibar Channel
  3. [3]
    Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Tanzania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  4. [4]
    "First ever group crossing of the Swahili Channel".


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