Rocas Atoll

The Rocas Atoll is the only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean. It belongs to the State of . It is located approximately 260 km northeast of and 145 km west of the archipelago.
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: Atoll in the Atlantic belonging to Brazil
  • Also known as: “Atol das Rocas”, “Ilha Rocas”, and “Reserva Biológica do Atol das Rocas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Atol das Rocas Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: john.vergari, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 3½ km west of Rocas Atoll.

Rocas Atoll

Latitude
-3.85198° or 3° 51′ 7″ south
Longitude
-33.78477° or 33° 47′ 5″ west
Inception
1979
Operator
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
Open location code
698846X8+63
Open­Street­Map ID
way 123281138
Geo­Names ID
3390248
Wiki­data ID
Q241074
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Satellite Map

Discover Rocas Atoll from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • 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”
  • 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: “Atolon de las 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”
  • “Atol das Rocas”

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