Kavala Island

Kavala Island (Île Kavala) is an island in Lake Tanganyika in central Africa. It had a lighthouse by the late 19th century.[1] The London Missionary Society set up a mission there in 1882, relocating from Ujiji, becoming its Central African Mission.[2][3] The island is about 6 km (3.7 mi) long and about 1 km (0.62 mi) from the western shore of Lake Tanganyika. It is a possession of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

References
  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica 1894, p. 802.
  2. Garvey 1994, p. 25.
  3. Stewart 1903, p. 395.
  • NGA Geonames database, feature ID -2047539

Sources
  • The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. Vol. v. 24. Maxwell Sommerville. 1894.
  • Garvey, B. (1994). Bembaland Church: Religious and Social Change in South Central Africa, 1891-1964. Studies of Religion in Africa, No 8. E.J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-09957-9.
  • Stewart, J. (1903). Dawn in the Dark Continent, or, Africa and its missions. ATLA monograph preservation program. Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier. p. 395.

05°39′00″S 29°25′00″E

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