Pyramid Island
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Pyramid Island is a Kenya
n island whose westerly most point is used to demarcate the border between Kenya and Uganda
just north of the 1st degree south parallel in Lake Victoria. There are other two adjacent islands, Migingo Island
and Usingo Island. Pyramid and Usingo are steep and uninhabitable(The New Vision of 21st April 2009). The Kenya - Uganda border was delineated by order of the Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Boundaries Order in Council 1926. Excerpts of the same document can be downloaded in pdf format from the US Department of State Library at http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/ibs139.pdf.
The other islands associated with the boundary of Uganda and Kenya in Lake Victoria include Sumba, Mageta, Kiringiti, and Ilemba Islands (Whitehouse, R.N. and C.S. Hunter, 1955). The documents above state that the boundary of Uganda runs from the mouth of River Sio in a straight line south-westerly to the most northerly point of Sumba Island. It continues by the western and south-western shores of the island to its most southerly point before following a straight line south-easterly to the most westerly point of Mageta Island. From there it follows a straight line southerly to the most western point of Kiringiti Island, thence follows a straight line southerly to the most western point of Ilemba Island before following a straight line southerly again to the westernmost point of Pyramid Island and continuing in a straight line due south to a point on Latitude 1 south. (Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995).
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
n island whose westerly most point is used to demarcate the border between Kenya and Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
just north of the 1st degree south parallel in Lake Victoria. There are other two adjacent islands, Migingo Island
Migingo Island
Migingo is a tiny 2,000-square-metre island, about half the size of a football pitch in Lake Victoria.In 2008–09 the island itself was claimed by both Kenya and Uganda. July 2009 a survey team found that the island is east of the Kenya-Uganda border within the lake, a finding supported by...
and Usingo Island. Pyramid and Usingo are steep and uninhabitable(The New Vision of 21st April 2009). The Kenya - Uganda border was delineated by order of the Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Boundaries Order in Council 1926. Excerpts of the same document can be downloaded in pdf format from the US Department of State Library at http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/limitsinseas/ibs139.pdf.
The other islands associated with the boundary of Uganda and Kenya in Lake Victoria include Sumba, Mageta, Kiringiti, and Ilemba Islands (Whitehouse, R.N. and C.S. Hunter, 1955). The documents above state that the boundary of Uganda runs from the mouth of River Sio in a straight line south-westerly to the most northerly point of Sumba Island. It continues by the western and south-western shores of the island to its most southerly point before following a straight line south-easterly to the most westerly point of Mageta Island. From there it follows a straight line southerly to the most western point of Kiringiti Island, thence follows a straight line southerly to the most western point of Ilemba Island before following a straight line southerly again to the westernmost point of Pyramid Island and continuing in a straight line due south to a point on Latitude 1 south. (Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995).