Bijol Islands

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Bijol Islands is a group of islets in the West African state of The Gambia.

Geography

The small uninhabited island group of the Bijol Islands is in the Atlantic Ocean. The five-islet group lies about two and a half to three and a half kilometers off the coast at Bald Cape north of the village of Tanji in the district of Kombo South. They form the westernmost territory of the Gambia. The total area of the Bijol Islands is 0.1 square kilometers.

Area

The area of the biggest Bijol Island is roughly 8,522 meters squared.

Population

The Bijol Islands are completeley uninhabited

Trivia

They are the only non river/non river delta islands The Gambia has.

References

• Ilona Hupe: Gambia. Kleines Urlaubsparadies in Westafrika. 2., aktualisierte Auflage. Hupe Ilona Verlag, München 1999, ISBN 3-932084-19-5
• Senegal & Gambia. Mit exakten Höhenlinien, Höhenschichten-Relief, GPS-tauglich, klassifiziertes Straßennetz, Gradnetz und Ortsindex. Reise Know-How Verlag Rump, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-8317-7123-5 (Landkarte, 70 × 100 cm, 1:550.000)

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