French Polynesia
Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Gambier

Taravai

Taravai is the second largest island in the archipelago of , at 5.7 km2. Taravai is about 1.5 km southwest of , the largest island of the whole Gambier group, and about 300 m north of the island of Angakauitai.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in French Polynesia, part of Gambier Islands
  • Also known as: “Île Taravai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Angakauitai and Church of Saint Gabriel.

Island
Photo: FRED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an of the of . It has an area of 0.7 km2 and its highest point is at 139 m. It is administratively part of the Gambier Islands. It is uninhabited.

Church
Photo: FRED, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Islet
is an island of the of .

Taravai

Latitude
-23.14492° or 23° 8′ 42″ south
Longitude
-135.04291° or 135° 2′ 35″ west
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
5486VX44+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 729221409
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4030829
Wiki­data ID
Q2031771
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Taravai” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Taravai adası”
  • Cebuano: “Île Taravai”
  • Chinese: “塔拉瓦伊島”
  • Dutch: “Taravai”
  • Finnish: “Taravai”
  • French: “île Taravai”
  • French: “Taravai”
  • Galician: “Illa Taravai”
  • Galician: “Taravai”
  • German: “Taravai”
  • Indonesian: “Taravai”
  • Italian: “Taravai”
  • Lithuanian: “Taravajus”
  • Macedonian: “Тараваи”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taravai”
  • Norwegian: “Taravai”
  • Polish: “Taravai”
  • Russian: “Тараваи”
  • Spanish: “Taravai”
  • Swedish: “Taravai”
  • Tahitian: “Taravai”
  • Urdu: “تاراوائی”
  • Western Mari: “Тараваи”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Taravai”. Photo: FRED, CC BY-SA 3.0.