Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Mundola Point

moon-DOH-lah POYNT (approx.)

The atlas records 3 collection-point forms from Mundola Point, across 2 genera.

11.6403°S 34.3121°E

Mundola Point is a point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, under 1 km east of Lisukwe Bay.

Where it is

Mundola Point is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its central third (150 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Chizi Point 2.1 mi south-east · Nkhata Bay 2.2 mi north · Chindozwa Point 3.1 mi north

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) (~235 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

Surface temperature here

Across May–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 (867 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 (1)–MApr: too few clear satellite days (8)–AMay: 79 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 46 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 111 clear satellite daysJJul: 76 °F mean (74 °F–77 °F), 131 clear satellite daysJAug: 76 °F mean (74 °F–77 °F), 216 clear satellite daysASep: 77 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 197 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (77 °F–81 °F), 108 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (80 °F–83 °F), 47 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (1)–D
Surface temperature by month near Mundola 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.

Sources
  1. malawi.si — Mundola Point, Lake Malawi, Malawi: location page and photo gallery (captions by Ad Konings)

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)

Maylandia (2)

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