Rocas Atoll
The Rocas Atoll is the only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean. It belongs to the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte. It is located approximately 260 km northeast of Natal and 145 km west of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
NASA, Public domain.- Protected area
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …is operated by Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
- …dates from 1979
- Description: Atoll in the Atlantic belonging to Brazil
- Also known as“Atol das Rocas”“Ilha Rocas”“Reserva Biológica do Atol das Rocas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Atol das Rocas Lighthouse.
Atol das Rocas Lighthouse
Atol das Rocas Lighthouse is situated 3½ km west of Rocas Atoll.
Rocas Atoll
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Latitude
-3.85198° or 3° 51′ 7″ south
Longitude
-33.78477° or 33° 47′ 5″ west
Open location code
698846X8+63
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Rocas Atoll” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة روكاس الإستوائية”
- Arabic: “روكاس أتول”
- Armenian: “Ռոքաս”
- Azerbaijani: “Rokas atolu”
- Basque: “Rocas atoll”
- Basque: “Rocas atoloia”
- Belarusian: “Атол Рокас”
- Belarusian: “Рокас”
- Breton: “Atol das Rocas”
- Bulgarian: “Атол дас Рокас”
- Catalan: “Atol de les Roques”
- Cebuano: “Atol das Rocas”
- Chinese: “罗卡斯环礁”
- Croatian: “Atol das Rocas”
- Czech: “Atol Rocas”
- Czech: “Rocas”
- Danish: “Atol das Rocas”
- Dutch: “Atol das Rocas”
- Esperanto: “Atol das Rocas”
- Finnish: “Rocasin atolli”
- French: “Atoll das Rocas”
- Galician: “Atol das Rocas”
- Georgian: “როკასი”
- German: “Atol das Rocas”
- German: “Rocas-Atoll”
- Greek: “Ατόλη Ρόκας”
- Greek: “Ατόλλη Ρόκας”
- Hebrew: “אטול דאס רוקאס”
- Hindi: “रोकास प्रवालद्वीप”
- Hungarian: “Rocas-atoll”
- Italian: “Atol das Rocas”
- Japanese: “ロカス環礁”
- Korean: “로카스 환초”
- Latvian: “Rokasas atols”
- Lithuanian: “Rokos atolas”
- Luxembourgish: “Rocas Atoll”
- Macedonian: “Рокас”
- Maithili: “एटोल दास रोकास”
- Malayalam: “റോക്കാസ് പവിഴപ്പുറ്റുദ്വീപ്”
- Maltese: “Atol das Rocas”
- Maltese: “Gżejjer tal-Qroll ta‘ Rocas”
- Mingrelian: “როკასი”
- Nepali: “एटोल दास रोकास”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rocas Atoll”
- Norwegian: “Rocas atoll”
- Norwegian: “Rocas-atollen”
- Persian: “آبسنگ حلقوی روکاس”
- Persian: “آتل روکاس”
- Polish: “Rocas”
- Portuguese: “Atol das Rocas”
- Russian: “Рокас”
- Scots: “Rocas Atoll”
- Serbian: “Атол Рокас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Atol das Rocas”
- Spanish: “Atolón de las Rocas”
- Swedish: “Atol das Rocas”
- Swedish: “Rocas atoll”
- Tamil: “ரோக்காசு பவழத்தீவு”
- Turkish: “Atol das Rocas”
- Ukrainian: “Рокас”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ روکاس”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo san hô Rocas”
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