Serle Island
Pukarua, sometimes also listed as "Pukaruha", is a coral atoll in the eastern Tuamotu Archipelago. The nearest atoll, Reao, is located 48 km east-southeast of Pukarua.
- Type: Atoll
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Atoll Pukaruha”, “Pukarua”, “Pukarua Atoll”, and “Pukaruha Atoll”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pukarua Airport.
Pukarua Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Serle Island
- Categories: atoll, reef island, and landform
- Location: Tuamotu-Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-18.31248° or 18° 18′ 45″ south
Longitude
-137.02183° or 137° 1′ 19″ west
Population
236
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
PUK
United Nations Location Code
PF PUK
Open location code
54H4MXQH+27
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Serle Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Serle Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيكاروها”
- Azerbaijani: “Pukarua”
- Catalan: “Pukarua”
- Cebuano: “Atoll Pukarua”
- Chinese: “普卡魯阿環礁”
- Dutch: “Pukarua”
- Finnish: “Pukarua”
- French: “Apucarua”
- French: “Pouka-Rouha”
- French: “Puka Rua”
- French: “Puka-Ruka”
- French: “Pukarua”
- French: “Pukaruha”
- French: “Serle Island”
- French: “Serle”
- Galician: “Atol Pukaruha”
- German: “Puka Rua”
- Hungarian: “Pukarua”
- Italian: “Pukarua”
- Japanese: “プカルア環礁”
- Persian: “پوکاروا”
- Portuguese: “Pukaruha”
- Russian: “Пукаруа”
- Slovak: “Pukarua”
- Spanish: “Pukarua”
- Swahili: “Pukarua”
- Tahitian: “Pukarua”
- Western Mari: “Пукаруа”
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