Tanzania, Mwanza
Mwanza German lake port on Victoria
Lake shore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
German boma and cotton port of the 1890s on Lake Victoria, later railhead of the Mwanza line; old pier and boma shore carry colonial refuse among the granite kopjes.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.