Chiloelo Point
chee-loh-EH-loh POYNT (approx.)
The atlas records 2 collection-point forms from Chiloelo Point.
8.3369°S 31.0453°E
Chiloelo Point is a point on Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika shore, just north of Kalepa Village.
Where it is
Chiloelo Point is on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (346 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kalepa Island 0.6 mi east · Kalepa 1.1 mi east · Mpando Point 1.6 mi north-west
Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.
The water
Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Tanganyika — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: Mpulungu (south basin) (~48 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m
This site
Surface temperature here
Across Mar–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1639 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.
Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.
The site
The point forms the southern end of a rocky headland between Katili and Kalepa, with Mpando Point marking the headland's northern point.
The coastline here is steep: craggy ledges drop to water about 50 metres deep just offshore, and the coast north of the point is also described as rocky.
Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.