Chipoka
chee-POH-kah (approx.)
The atlas records 5 collection-point forms from Chipoka, across 5 genera.
13.9896°S 34.5172°E
Chipoka is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 5 km west-south-west of Chidunga Rocks.
Where it is
Chipoka is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (312 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Chitseko Reef 2.4 mi south-east · Chidunga Rocks 3.4 mi north-east · Nankoma Island 9.3 mi north-east
Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.
The water
Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~29 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm
This site
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 74 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1434 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
Site photographs show Chipoka beach, with the Nankumba Peninsula visible in the distance, and identify a secondary school and an aquatics lodge nearby.
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.