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Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Chisanga Point

chee-SAHN-gah POYNT (approx.)

The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Chisanga Point.

12.0912°S 34.7442°E

Chisanga Point is a point on Likoma Island, a Malawian island in Lake Malawi's Mozambican waters, under 1 km south of Khaiko Lodge.

Where it is

Chisanga Point is in open water about 2.5 mi off the eastern shore, in the central third of Lake Malawi (181 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Mbuzi Islands 1 mi north · Mbamba Islands 1.7 mi north · Likoma Island 1.7 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 Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.

Temperature75.2–84.2 °F24–29 °C
pH8.2–8.6alkaline
Hardnessmoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppm
Conductivity≈250–260 µS/cmmeasured range

Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~188 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

This site

Habitatsandysandy beach on Likoma Island

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1241 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

74°77°80°83°Jan: too few clear satellite days (0)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (1)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (2)–MApr: 82 °F mean (80 °F–83 °F), 18 clear satellite daysAMay: 80 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 102 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (77 °F–79 °F), 162 clear satellite daysJJul: 76 °F mean (75 °F–77 °F), 217 clear satellite daysJAug: 76 °F mean (75 °F–77 °F), 261 clear satellite daysASep: 77 °F mean (76 °F–78 °F), 243 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 165 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (80 °F–84 °F), 66 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (4)–D
Surface temperature by month near Chisanga Point — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

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

One site photograph, taken from an airplane with its wing visible in frame, shows Khaiko Lodge in the middle of the beach and Chisanga Point at its far end.

Sources
  1. malawi.si — Chisanga Point, Likoma Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi: location page and photo gallery (captions by Stefan Schmid, Green Safaris)
  2. Konings, A. (2016). Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat, 5th Edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso.

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.

Aulonocara (1)

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