Geography | |
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Location | Zanzibar Channel |
Coordinates | 06°07′37″S 39°11′31″E / 6.12694°S 39.19194°E |
Archipelago | Zanzibar Archipelago |
Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
Length | 0.7 km (0.43 mi) |
Width | 0.1 km (0.06 mi) |
Administration | |
Region | Mjini Magharibi Region |
District | Mjini |
Ward | Malindi |
Demographics | |
Languages | Swahili |
Ethnic groups | Hadimu |
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]