Chatham Island

Chatham Island is the largest island of the group, in the south Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of 's . It is said to be "halfway between the equator and the pole, and right on the International Date Line", although that point is 173 miles WSW of the island's westernmost point.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island off eastern New Zealand
  • Also known as: Whare-Kauri

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Te One and Waitangi.

Locality
is a settlement on the . It is located in , on the west coast of the main island, just north of the port settlement of .

Village
Photo: Vk2cz, CC BY 3.0.
is the main port and largest settlement of the . It is situated on the southern shore of , on the west coast of the archipelago's main island. is situated 6 km southwest of Chatham Island.

Chatham Island

Latitude
-43.91667° or 43° 55′ south
Longitude
-176.5° or 176° 30′ west
Population
600
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
IATA airport code
CHT
Open location code
42853GM2+82
Geo­Names ID
4033015
Wiki­data ID
Q1427436
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Chatham Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Çatem
  • Belarusian: Востраў Чатэм
  • Belarusian: Чатэм
  • Breton: Enez Chatham
  • Catalan: Illa Chatham
  • Cebuano: Chatham Island
  • Chinese: 查塔姆岛
  • Chinese: 查塔姆島
  • Czech: Chatham
  • Czech: Chathamův ostrov
  • Czech: ostrov Chatham
  • Czech: Ostrov Chatham
  • Dutch: Chatham Island
  • Egyptian Arabic: تشاثام ايسلاند
  • Egyptian Arabic: تشاثام
  • Esperanto: Chatham
  • Estonian: Chathami saar
  • French: Ile Chatham
  • French: île Chatham
  • French: Île Chatham
  • French: Wharekauri
  • Galician: Chatham
  • Georgian: ჩატემის კუნძული
  • German: Chatham Island
  • German: Chatham-Insel
  • Greek: Νησί Τσάταμ
  • Indonesian: Pulau Chatham
  • Italian: Chatham Island
  • Italian: isola Chatham
  • Italian: Isola Chatham
  • Italian: Isola di Chatham
  • Japanese: チャタム島
  • Korean: 채텀섬
  • Macedonian: Четемски Остров
  • Malayalam: ചാറ്റം ദ്വീപ്
  • Maori: Arekohu
  • Maori: Rēkohu
  • Persian: جزیره چاتام
  • Persian: جزیره چتم
  • Polish: Chatham
  • Polish: Wyspa Chatham
  • Portuguese: Ilha Chatham
  • Russian: Остров Чатем
  • Russian: Рекоху (остров)
  • Russian: Рекоху
  • Russian: Чатем
  • Slovenian: Chatham Island
  • Slovenian: Chathamov otok
  • Spanish: Isla Chatham
  • Swedish: Chatham Island, Nya Zeeland
  • Swedish: Chatham Island
  • Turkish: Chatham Adası
  • Ukrainian: Чатем
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Chatham

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Chatham Island”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.