Usingo Island

Usingo Island[1][2] (Kisiwa cha Usingo) is the name given to a small lake island in Kenya,[3] which is located in Migori County, in Lake Victoria.

Usingo Island
Geography
LocationLake Victoria
Coordinates0°52′57″S 33°56′31″E
Total islands1

Geography

This island is still largely uninhabited, unlike its neighbour, the densely populated Migingo Island.[1] The island is home to goats and white herons that live like cimarrones. Only one family lives on the island in recent periods due to the overpopulation of the neighboring island of Migingo and the lack of space for agriculture and livestock, the island of Usingo like its southern neighbor Pyramid Island, is still largely uninhabited, full of weeds and birds that form the fauna and flora of the region, the introduction of the Nile perch led to the extinction of most of the fish in Lake Victoria and the arrival of water hyacinth made the level of algae in the lake increase.

See also

References
  1. Images, Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty (2018-10-24). "Life on the tiny island of Migingo - in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  2. "Migingo: A Tiny Fishing Island with a Huge Population Problem - Travel Blog by FlightNetwork". www.flightnetwork.com. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  3. "GeoNames.org". GeoNames. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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