Wasini Island Location Guide

Wasini Island lies at 4°40s, 39°20e at the southern extreme of the Kenyan coast in Kwale county, a few kilometres from the Lunga Lunga - Tanzanian border, and is separated from the Kenyan mainland by the 1.5 km wide Shimoni channel along its northern shore.

It is a small island, with a maximum height of less than 20 meters, located at the easternmost point of the promontory. It is 430 ha in area, measuring about 5 km east to west and 0.8 to 1.5 km north to south.