Tarawa Atoll

Tarawa is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, and the location of the capital of Kiribati. It is home to about 70,000 people, more than half of the country's population!

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bikeman Island.

Bikeman Island

Island

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Bikeman Island is a submerged islet about a half-hour's canoe ride northeast of Betio, Kiribati. Due to changing currents and the construction of a causeway between Betio and Bairiki, Bikeman has been submerged since the early 1990s. Bikeman Island is situated 3 km southeast of Tarawa Atoll.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Betio and Abaokoro.

Betio

Town

Photo: Barbe-sauvage, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Betio is the name of both an island and a township within the Tarawa Atoll, part of the Republic of Kiribati. Betio is the largest township of Kiribati's capital city, South Tarawa, and it is also the country's primary port. Betio is situated 9 km southwest of Tarawa Atoll.

Abaokoro

Village

Abaokoro is a settlement in Kiribati. It is located about nine nautical miles from Tarawa. It is located in the Tarawa Atoll. Abaokoro Post Office opened on 13 December 1956. Abaokoro is situated 10 km north of Tarawa Atoll.

Ambo

Village

Photo: jopolopy, CC BY 3.0.

Ambo is a village, which is situated 10 km southeast of Tarawa Atoll.

Tarawa Atoll

Type: Atoll
Also known as: “Cook Island”, “INCREDIBLE WW2”, “Knox Island”, “Knoy Island”, “LONGSUIT WW2”, “Tarawa Island”, and “Tarowa”
Category: landform
Location: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude

1.419° or 1° 25′ 8″ north

Longitude

172.985° or 172° 59′ 6″ east

Open location code

6VHJCX9P+H2

GeoNames ID

2110075

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Satellite Map

Discover Tarawa Atoll from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Tarawa Atoll” goes by many names.

Basque: “Tarawa”
Chinese: “塔拉瓦”
Dutch: “Tarawa”
Finnish: “Tarawa”
French: “Tarawa”
German: “Tarawa”
Greek: “Ταράουα”
Ido: “Tarawa”
Italian: “Tarawa”
Japanese: “タラワ”
Korean: “타라와”
Lithuanian: “Tarava”
Polish: “Tarawa”
Portuguese: “Tarawa”
Spanish: “Tarawa”
Swedish: “Tarawa”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Micronesia and South Tarawa.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tarawa Lagoon and Japanese Occupied WW2.

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