Makatumbi Islands or Makatumbe Islands ( in Swahili) is an archipelago of two protected, uninhabited islands in the Sea of Zanj off the coast of Tanzania. The archipelago consists of the inner and outer Makatumbi Islands and is protected by the IUCN category II designation Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve (DMRS).
The islands, located in the Kigamboni District of the Dar es Salaam Region, have a combined area of . To the south is Kimbubu Island, and to the north is the mouth of Dar es Salaam harbor.Levine, Arielle. (2010). Local Responses to Marine Conservation in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy. July–December 2004. 183-202. 10.1080/13880290490883241Roxburgh, T., et al. "An assessment of the stakeholders and resource use in Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve System." ICRAN/WIOMSA (2002).Daudi, Lillian Nduku, et al. "Effect of nutrient enrichment on seagrass associated meiofauna in Tanzania." Marine environmental research 82 (2012): 49-58. The island is under threat from marine pollution; elevated cadmium readings were found east of Makatumbe Island near the entrance to the Dar es Salaam harbour.Muzuka, A. "Distribution of heavy metals in the coastal marine surficial sediments in the Msasani Bay-Dar es Salaam harbour area." Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 6.1 (2008).
See also Tanzania Marine Parks and Reserves Unit List of protected areas of Tanzania
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