Ontong Java Atoll
Ontong Java Atoll or Luangiua is an atoll in the Solomon Islands, and one of the largest atolls on earth. It is inhabited by a Polynesian community of about 2,400 people, who speak the Ontong Java language.- Type: Atoll
- Description: island atoll in the Solomon Islands
- Also known as: “Bajos de la Candelaria”, “Leueneuwa Islands”, and “Ongtong Java”
- Historically known as: “Lord Howe Atoll” and “Lord Howe Islands”
Ontong Java Atoll
- Categories: island and landform
- Location: Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Urdu—“Ontong Java Atoll” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Ontong Jawa”
- Armenian: “Օնթոնգ Ջավա Ատոլ”
- Catalan: “atol Ontong Java”
- Catalan: “Ontong Java”
- Cebuano: “Ontong Java Atoll”
- Chinese: “昂通爪哇环礁”
- Chinese: “昂通爪哇環礁”
- Chinese: “翁通爪哇環礁”
- Dutch: “Ontong Java”
- French: “Ontong Java”
- Galician: “Atol Ontong Java”
- German: “Ontong Java”
- Italian: “Ontong Java”
- Japanese: “オントンジャワ環礁”
- Latin: “Luangiua”
- Lithuanian: “Ontong Džava”
- Polish: “Ontong Java”
- Portuguese: “Atol Ontong Java”
- Russian: “Онтонг-Джава”
- Samoan: “Otoga Java”
- Ukrainian: “Онтонг-Джава”
- Urdu: “اونتونگ جاوا مرجانی جزیرہ”
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