Zavora is a beach, north east of Maputo in Mozambique, in the district of Inharrime, province of Inhambane.

According to one reference [1] it is a fish found in Western Indian Ocean: known only from one specimen from Zavora, Mozambique and two from Sur, Oman.

The tower of 53 feet was built in 1910 and is still operational with 10sec interval light flashes in aid to passing ships etc.

It was at a position 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) south-southwaet of the Cape Zavora lighthouse where the coastal tanker Africa Shell was intercepted and sunk by the German Pocket Battleship Admiral Graff Spee on November 15, 1939, being the sixth victim of Graf Spee's commerce raiding sortie.

[1] According to some reference, a Dutch liner, the Klipfontein, struck a submerged reef, 5 miles from Cape Barra near Inhambane on 8 January 1953.