Ambas Bay

Ambas Bay
Baie d'Ambas (French)
Ambas Bay Location in Cameroon
Coordinates	4°00′N9°11′E / 4.000°N 9.183°E / 4.000; 9.183
Ocean/sea sources	Gulf of Guinea Atlantic Ocean
Basin  countries	Cameroon
Max. length	9 km (5.6 mi)
Max. width	3.8 km (2.4 mi)

Ambas Bay is a bay of southwest Cameroon.

Geography

The bay opens towards the Gulf of Guinea. The port of Limbe lies on the shore of Ambas Bay. ^[1]

History

Alfred Saker founded a settlement of freed slaves on the bay in 1858, which was later renamed Victoria. ^[2] in 1884 Britain established the Ambas Bay Protectorate, of which Victoria was the capital. It was then ceded to Germany in 1887. ^[3]

Colonial governors of Ambas Bay

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
Victoria Colony
1858	Foundation of Victoria Colony by English Baptist Missionary Society
1858 to 1876	Alfred Saker , Administrator
1877 to 1878	George Grenfell , Administrator
1878 to 1879	Q. W. Thomson , Administrator
1879 to July 1884	..., Administrator
British Ambas Bay Protectorate
19 July 1884
July 1884 to 21 April 1885	Edward H. Hewitt , Administrator
21 April 1885 to 28 March 1887	..., Administrator
28 March 1887	Ambas Bay becomes part of German possessions

See also

• Communes of Cameroon

References

1. "www.britannica.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
2. "The Early Times in Victoria (Limbe)". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
3. www.worldstatesmen.org