Chissioua Mtsamboro

Chissioua Mtsamboro, widely known previously as M'Tsamboro islet, is a French island located in the archipelago of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. It lies north of the Choazil Islands, just off the coast of Mtsamboro. This stretch of water is known as the Zamburu Passage, part of the Mozambique Channel. Chissiou Mtsamboro is a mountainous island covering 2.6 km2, providing shelter to the main stretch of beach, tucked away in the southwest of the island which contains a main settlement and numerous huts dotted along the beach. Its highest point reaches an altitude of 273 m. The soundings close to the reef which surrounds the island is from 10 to 15 fathom.