🏝️ Maboko Island

Unknown · Africa · 0.16°S, 34.61°E

Maboko Island is a small island lying in the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in Nyanza Province of western Kenya. It is about 1.8 km long by 1 km wide. It is an important Middle Miocene paleontological site with fossiliferous deposits that were discovered in the 1930s. The age of the deposits is estimated to be 15 to 16 million years, and they are especially important for the abundance of primate fossils they contain.

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Quick facts

Country	Unknown
Continent / region	Africa
Coordinates (approx.)	0.16°S, 34.61°E · view on map

Maboko Island is located in Unknown, in Africa.

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Bass Rock · Sula Sgeir · Boreray, St Kilda · Bjørnøya · Canna, Scotland · Coll · Victoria Island · Europa Island · Marajó · Basse-Terre Island.

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