Serle Island

Pukarua, sometimes also listed as "Pukaruha", is a coral atoll in the eastern . The nearest atoll, , is located 48 km east-southeast of Pukarua.
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  • Type: Atoll
  • Description: island in French Polynesia
  • Also known as: Apucarua”, “Atoll Pukaruha”, “Pouka-Rouha”, “Puka-Ruka”, “Pukarua”, “Pukarua Atoll”, “Pukaruha Atoll”, and “Serle

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pukarua Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is serving the village of Marautagaroa, located on the Pukarua atoll, in the Tuamotu group of atolls in , at 1,125 kilometres from .

Serle Island

Latitude
-18.31248° or 18° 18′ 45″ south
Longitude
-137.02183° or 137° 1′ 19″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
PUK
United Nations Location Code
PF PUK
Open location code
54H4MXQH+27
Geo­Names ID
4030558
Wiki­data ID
Q628625
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Satellite Map

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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: Pukarua
  • 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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