where is mombasa
About Mombasa. Satellite view is showing Mombasa, second largest city and chief port of Kenya. The city is located on Mombasa island at a bay of the Indian Ocean on the southern tip of the country, about 480 km (300 mi) south east of Nairobi, Kenya's capital. Moi Avenue in Mombasa with the Mombasa Tusks portal, the memorial was built to commemorate the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Mombasa in 1952.