Moruroa Atoll
Moruroa, also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about 1,250 kilometres southeast of Tahiti.- Type: Locality
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Categories: atoll and nuclear test site
- Location: French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
Latitude -21.8351° or 21° 50' 6.4" south | Longitude -138.9103° or 138° 54' 37.2" west |
Open Location Code 54C3537Q+XV | IATA airport code UOA |
OpenStreetMap ID way 139095882 | GeoNames ID 4030582 |
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Also Known As
- Basque: Mururoa
- Breton: Moruroa
- Breton: Mururoa
- Bulgarian: Моруроа
- Bulgarian: Муроруа
- Bulgarian: Муруроа
- Catalan: Moruroa
- Catalan: Mururoa
- Cebuano: Atoll Mururoa
- Chinese: 穆魯羅阿環礁
- Chinese: 穆鲁罗阿环礁
- Croatian: Mururoa
- Czech: Mururoa
- Dutch: Moruroa
- Dutch: Mururoa
- English: Matilda Island
- English: Matilda Islands
- English: Moruroa
- English: Moruroa Islands
- English: Mururoa
- English: Osnaburg Island
- English: Osnaburgh Islands
- Esperanto: Moruroa
- Esperanto: Mururoa
- Finnish: Moruroa
- Finnish: Mururoa
- French: Aopuni
- French: Atoll Mururoa
- French: Atoll Mururua
- French: Moruroa
- French: Mururoa
- French: Île Mururoa
- French: Îles Mururoa
- Gallegan: Atol Mururoa
- Gallegan: Moruroa
- Gallegan: Mururoa
- Georgian: მურუროა
- German: Moruroa
- German: Mururoa
- German: Mururoa-Atoll
- Hebrew: מורורואה
- Hungarian: Mururoa
- Italian: Moruroa
- Italian: Mururoa
- Japanese: ムルロア環礁
- Korean: 무루로아 환초
- Lithuanian: Moruroa
- Lithuanian: Mururoa
- Norwegian: Mururoa
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mururoa
- Polish: Mururoa
- Polish: atol Mururoa
- Portuguese: Atol Moruroa
- Portuguese: Atol de Moruroa
- Portuguese: Atol de mururoa
- Portuguese: Moruroa
- Romanian: Mururoa
- Russian: Моруроа
- Russian: Муруроа
- Serbian: Mururoa
- Serbian: Mururura
- Serbian: Муруроа
- Slovak: Mururoa
- Slovenian: Moruroa
- Slovenian: Mururoa
- Spanish: Moruroa
- Spanish: Mururoa
- Swahili (generic): Moruroa
- Swedish: Moruroa
- Swedish: Mururoa
- Tahitian: Moruroa
- Ukrainian: Атол Муруроа
- Ukrainian: Моруроа
- Ukrainian: Муруроа
- Western Mari: Муруроа
- Braburgh
- Maruroa
- Mururea
- Mururoa Atoll
- Mururua
- Osnaburg
- Île de l'Évêque d'Osnaburgh
In the Area
Localities
- Dalle ColetteLocality, 6 km north
- Dalle ArielLocality, 6 km north
- FangataufaLocality, 48 km south
Landmarks
Other Places
- Dalle d'essais aériens VestaIndustrial building, 6 km north
- Darse DeniseIndustrial building, 6 km north
- MeknèsBuilding, 6 km north
- DeniseResidence, 6 km north
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Popular Destinations in French Polynesia
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