page_title: Bight of Biafra
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Bight of Biafra / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Early map of Africa depicting a region named Biafra
context_page_description: The Bight of Biafra is a bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea.
context_section_description: The Bight of Biafra, or Mafra (named after the town Mafra in southern Portugal), between Capes Formosa and Lopez, is the most eastern part of the Gulf of Guinea; it contains the islands Fernando Po [Equatorial Guinea], Prince's and St Thomas's. The name Biafra – as indicating the country – fell into disuse in the later part of the 19th century 
  A 1710 map indicates that the region known as "Biafra" (Biafra) was located in present-day Cameroon.
  The Bight of Biafra extends east of the Bight of Biafra from the River Delta of the Niger in the north until it reaches Cape Lopez in Gabon. Besides the Niger River, other rivers reaching the bay are the Cross River, Calabar River, Ndian, Wouri, Sanaga, Nyong River, Ntem, Mbia, Mbini, Muni and Komo River.
  The main islands in the Bay are Bioko and Príncipe; other important islands are Ilhéu Bom Bom, Ilhéu Caroço, Elobey Grande and Elobey Chico. Countries located at the Bight of Bonny are Nigeria (eastern coast), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Island and Río Muni), and Gabon (northern coast). The internationally unrecognized self-declared state of Ambazonia also borders the Bight of Biafra.
caption: Early map of Africa depicting a region named Biafra in present day Cameroon
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