Ambas Bay

Ambas Bay
Baie d'Ambas (French)
Ambas Bay Location in Cameroon
Coordinates	4°00′N 9°11′E
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