Mbamba Bay

Mbamba Bay
Mbampa[1]
Town
Mbamba Bay
Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 11°17′0″S 034°46′18″E / 11.28333°S 34.77167°E / -11.28333; 34.77167Coordinates: 11°17′0″S 034°46′18″E / 11.28333°S 34.77167°E / -11.28333; 34.77167
Country  Tanzania
Region Ruvuma Region
District Mbinga District
Elevation 471 m (1,545 ft)
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)
UFI -2568444

Mbamba Bay[2] is a town in western Tanzania, lying on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi/Lake Nyasa.

Port

Mbamba Bay has an indentation in the otherwise straight profile of the lake and may be a potential port.

Transport

In October 2007, it was proposed to build a branch railway from Liganga via Mchuchuma to Mbamba Bay.[3] Mbamba Bay is linked with Nkhata Bay in Malawi by motorized dhow. The A19 links it with Mtwara, Tanzania, on the east coast.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mbampa (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ Mbamba Bay (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ↑ Railway Gazette International November 2007, page 688
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