Mombasa Island

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Mombasa Island

Mombasa Island is a 5 km by 3 km coral

Coral

Corals are marine organisms from the class Anthozoa and exist as small sea anemone?like polyps, typically in colonies of many identical individuals....
outcrop located on Kenya

Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
's coast on the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia ; on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean ....
, which is connected to the mainland by a causeway

Causeway

In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated on a sandbank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. A transport corridor that is carried instead on a series of arches, perhaps approaching a bridge, is a viaduct....
. The city

City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
of Mombasa

Mombasa

Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya, lying on the Indian Ocean. It has a major Seaport and an international airport. The city is the centre of the coastal tourism industry....
is located on the island.

The old town of Mombasa is located at the eastern, seaward end of the island. Kilindini

Kilindini Harbour

Kilindini Harbour is a large, natural deep-water inlet extending inland from Mombasa, Kenya. It serves as the harbour for Mombasa, with a hinterland extending to Uganda and Sudan....
and Port Reitz

Port Reitz

Port Reitz is a district of Mombasa, Kenya, and is located north-west of Mombasa Island....
, the modern deep water harbour and port

Port

||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|}A port is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo. They are usually found at the edge of an ocean, sea, river, or lake....
separates the island from the Kenyan mainland to the south. The old harbour, which is named Port Tudor and guarded by Fort Jesus

Fort Jesus

File:Fort Jesus.jpgFile:Building in Fort Jesus.jpgFort Jesus is a Portugal fort built in 1593 by order of King Philip II of Spain , then ruler of the joint Portuguese Empire and Spanish Empire Kingdoms, located on Mombasa Island to guard the Old Port of Mombasa, Kenya....
, and Tudor Creek

Tudor Creek

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Mombasa Island is a 5 km by 3 km coral

Coral

Corals are marine organisms from the class Anthozoa and exist as small sea anemone?like polyps, typically in colonies of many identical individuals....
outcrop located on Kenya

Kenya

Indian Ocean

Causeway

City

Mombasa

Kilindini Harbour

Port Reitz

Port Reitz is a district of Mombasa, Kenya, and is located north-west of Mombasa Island....
, the modern deep water harbour and port

Port

Fort Jesus

Tudor Creek

Tudor Creek is one of two main water bodies separating Mombasa Island from the Kenyan mainland .Before the estuary into the Indian Ocean, the tidal creek passes under the Nyali Bridge, and is bordered to the west by the Makupa Causeway....
separate the island from the northern mainland. Modern residential sprawl and industrial areas now occupy the rest of the island.

Mombasa is linked to the mainland by the Makupa Causeway

Makupa Causeway

The Makupa Causeway is a causeway linking Mombasa to the Kenyan mainland. The road runs for approximately one and a half miles between the Magongo Circus and Makupa Circus....
to the north-west, by the Nyali Bridge

Nyali Bridge

Nyali Bridge may refer to:*New Nyali Bridge, a bridge in Kenya*Old Nyali Bridge, a demolished bridge in Kenya, superseded by the above in 2002...
to the east and by the Likoni Ferry

Likoni Ferry

The Likoni Ferry is a boat service across the Kilindini Harbour, serving both the island city of Mombasa and the Kenyan mainland town of Likoni....
to the south. A road and rail bridge also serves the mainland container port near Port Reitz.

Port Tudor and Tudor Creek were named by Owen Tudor the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
captain who first surveyed the area.

Mombasa Island in one of the four divisions of Mombasa District

Mombasa District

Mombasa District is one of the 71 districts of Kenya of Kenya. Its capital and the only town is Mombasa.Kenya is divided into eight Provinces of Kenya, which are subdivided into 71 districts....
. The division has a population of 146.334 (1999 census). It is divided into six subdivisions :

Ganjoni
Railway
Tononoka
Tudor (Mombasa district)
Majengo
Old Town (Mombasa district)

Media references

In the game Halo 2
Halo 2

Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second video game title in the Halo and the sequel to 2001's critically-acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved....
, the industrial metropolis of New Mombasa is located here.
New Mombasa is the main location during Halo 3
Halo 3

Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie exclusively for the Xbox 360. The game is the third title in the Halo and concludes the story arc that began in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2....
.