Fangataufa
Fangataufa is an uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. The atoll has been fully owned by the French state since 1964.- Locality
- …was formerly known as “Île Cockburn”
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as“Ahunui”“Atoll Fagataufa”“Cockburn Island”“Fagataufa”“Fangatau”“Fangataufa Island”
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Latitude
-22.23911° or 22° 14′ 21″ south
Longitude
-138.74712° or 138° 44′ 50″ west
Open location code
5493Q763+95
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = military
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = atoll
OpenStreetMap feature
place = atoll
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Mari—“Fangataufa” goes by many names.
FangataufaAsturian
FanqataufaAzerbaijani
FangataufaBasque
FangataufaBreton
ФангатауфаBulgarian
FangataufaCatalan
Atoll FangataufaCebuano
方阿陶法环礁Chinese
FangataufaCzech
FangataufaDutch
FangataufaFinnish
Atol FangataufaGalician
פנגטאופהHebrew
FangataufaItalian
ファンガタウファ環礁Japanese
FanataufaLatvian
FangataufaLithuanian
FangataufaNorwegian
FangataufaNorwegian Bokmål
FangataufaPolish
ФангатауфаRussian
FangataufaSlovak
FangataufaSwahili
FangataufaTahitian
ФангатауфаUkrainian
ФангатауфаWestern Mari
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