Ngosa Point
n-GOH-sah POYNT (approx.)
The atlas records 4 collection-point forms from Ngosa Point, across 3 genera.
7.4929°S 30.5755°E
Ngosa Point is a point on Lake Tanganyika's Tanzanian shore, about 2 km south of Musi Point.
Where it is
Ngosa Point is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (288 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Musi Point 0.9 mi north · Ulwile Island 1.4 mi north · File Bay 1.4 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 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) (~153 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 77 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1269 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
A caption places it just south-west of Mkinga Bay and Kalungu Point.
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.