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.
- Locality
- …has the IATA airport code UOA
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as“Braburgh”“Maruroa”“Matilda Island”“Matilda Islands”“Moruroa”“Moruroa Islands”“Mururea”“Mururoa”“Mururua”“Osnaburg”“Osnaburg Island”“Osnaburgh Islands”
- Historically known as“Aopuni”“Île de l’Évêque d’Osnaburgh”
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
-21.83512° or 21° 50′ 6″ south
Longitude
-138.91034° or 138° 54′ 37″ west
Open location code
54C3537Q+XV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=atoll
OpenStreetMap feature
place=atoll
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Xhosa—“Moruroa Atoll” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة موروروا”
- Asturian: “Mururoa”
- Basque: “Mururoa”
- Breton: “Moruroa”
- Bulgarian: “Моруроа”
- Bulgarian: “Муроруа”
- Bulgarian: “Муруроа”
- Catalan: “Moruroa”
- Cebuano: “Atoll Mururoa”
- Chinese: “穆魯羅阿環礁”
- Chinese: “穆鲁罗瓦环礁”
- Chinese: “穆鲁罗阿环礁”
- Croatian: “Mururoa”
- Czech: “Mururoa”
- Dutch: “Moruroa”
- Esperanto: “Moruroa”
- Estonian: “Mururoa”
- Finnish: “Mururoa”
- French: “Aopuni”
- French: “Atoll Mururoa”
- French: “Atoll Mururua”
- French: “Île Mururoa”
- French: “Îles Mururoa”
- French: “Moruroa”
- Galician: “Atol Mururoa”
- Georgian: “მურუროა”
- German: “Mururoa-Atoll”
- German: “Mururoa”
- Hebrew: “מורורואה”
- Hungarian: “Mururoa”
- Italian: “Mururoa”
- Japanese: “ムルロア環礁”
- Korean: “무루로아 환초”
- Latvian: “Moruroa”
- Lithuanian: “Moruroa”
- Lithuanian: “Mururoa”
- Malay: “Moruroa”
- Northern Frisian: “Moruroa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mururoa”
- Norwegian: “Mururoa”
- Persian: “موروآ (جزیره)”
- Persian: “موروآ”
- Polish: “atol Mururoa”
- Polish: “Mururoa”
- Portuguese: “Atol de Moruroa”
- Portuguese: “Atol de mururoa”
- Portuguese: “Atol Moruroa”
- Romanian: “Mururoa”
- Russian: “Моруроа”
- Russian: “Муруроа”
- Serbian: “Mururoa”
- Serbian: “Mururura”
- Serbian: “Муруроа”
- Slovak: “Mururoa”
- Slovenian: “Mururoa”
- Spanish: “Mururoa”
- Swahili: “Moruroa”
- Swedish: “Moruroa”
- Swedish: “Mururoa”
- Tahitian: “Moruroa”
- Ukrainian: “Атол Муруроа”
- Ukrainian: “Моруроа”
- Ukrainian: “Муруроа”
- Western Mari: “Муруроа”
- Xhosa: “Mururoa”
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Notable Places Nearby
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French Polynesia: Highlights
Learn more about Marquesas Islands and Papeete.
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