# Pyramid Island

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For the island in Nevada, see [Pyramid Island (Nevada)](/source/Pyramid_Island_(Nevada)). For the island in Alaska, see [Pyramid Island (Alaska)](/source/Pyramid_Island_(Alaska)). For one of the South Shetland Islands, see [Pyramid Island, South Shetland Islands](/source/Pyramid_Island,_South_Shetland_Islands).

**Pyramid Island** is a Kenyan island whose westernmost point is used to demarcate the border between Kenya and [Uganda](/source/Uganda) just north of the 1st degree south parallel in [Lake Victoria](/source/Lake_Victoria). It is located close to two adjacent islands, [Migingo Island](/source/Migingo_Island) and [Usingo Island](/source/Usingo_Island). Pyramid and Usingo are steep and have either limited[1] or no human habitation.[2] The Kenya—Uganda border was delineated by order of the Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Boundaries Order in Council 1926).[3]

The other islands associated with the boundary of Uganda and Kenya in Lake Victoria include Sumba, Mageta, Kiringiti, and Ilemba Islands, as shown in surveys conducted by the [Colonial Office](/source/Colonial_Office) held in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)'s [National Archives](/source/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)).[4] The documents above state that the boundary of Uganda runs from the mouth of River Sio in a straight line south-westerly to the most northerly point of [Sumba](/source/Sumba_Island,_Kenya). It continues by the western and south-western shores of the island to its most southerly point before following a straight line south-easterly to the most westerly point of [Mageta Island](/source/Mageta_Island). From there it follows a straight line southerly to the most western point of [Kiringiti Island](/source/Kiringiti_Island), thence follows a straight line southerly to the most western point of [Ilemba Island](/source/Ilemba_Island) before following a straight line southerly again to the westernmost point of Pyramid Island and continuing in a straight line due south to a point on Latitude 1 south.[5]

## References

1. ["Life on the tiny island of Migingo - in pictures"](http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/oct/24/life-on-the-tiny-island-of-migingo-in-pictures). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

1. ["Row over Migingo island disrupts trade"](http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1222456/row-migingo-island-disrupts-trade). *[The New Vision](/source/New_Vision_(newspaper))*. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

1. ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110410173647/http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS139.pdf). *www.law.fsu.edu*. Archived from [the original](http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS139.pdf) on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

1. ["Victoria Nyanza (Northern portion). Surveyed by Commander B. Whitehouse, R.N., and Mr. C. S. Hunter"](http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3476710). *The National Archives*. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

1. ["Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995"](https://ulii.org/ug/legislation/consolidated-act/0). *Uganda Legal Information Institute*. 31 December 2000. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

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