Nankoma Island
nahn-KOH-mah EYE-land (approx.)
The atlas records 7 collection-point forms from Nankoma Island, across 5 genera.
13.8893°S 34.6112°E
Nankoma Island is one of the Maleri Islands in Lake Malawi's Malawian waters, about 2 km north-west of Maleri Island.
Where it is
Nankoma Island is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (305 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Maleri Island 1.2 mi south-east · Nakantenga Island 2.9 mi south-east · Mkondiwa Reef 3.1 mi south-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) (~28 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 (1428 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 identify Nankoma as part of the Maleri Islands group together with Maleri and Nakantenga Islands, and show a nature trail, a beach, and a harbor on the island.
Sources
- malawi.si — Nankoma Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi: location page and photo gallery (captions by Blue Zebra Island Lodge, PJM Photography, Pam Chin, Larry Johnson)
- 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.