Taiaro
Taiaro, or Maro-taua, is a small atoll in the west of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is one of the smallest of the Tuamotu atolls. Taiaro lies 42 km to the northeast of Raraka Atoll.- Type: Island
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “King’s Island”, “Kings”, “Maro-taua”, “Maro-Taua”, “Taiara”, and “Taïaro Island”
Taiaro
- Categories: atoll, reef island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Tuamotu-Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-15.74212° or 15° 44′ 32″ south
Longitude
-144.63091° or 144° 37′ 51″ west
Open location code
53PQ7959+5J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Taiaro” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Taiaro”
- Catalan: “Taiaro”
- Cebuano: “Atoll Taiaro”
- Chinese: “塔亞羅環礁”
- Dutch: “Taiaro”
- French: “Taiaro”
- Galician: “Atol Taiaro”
- German: “Taiaro”
- Indonesian: “Taiaro”
- Italian: “Taiaro”
- Japanese: “タイアロ環礁”
- Portuguese: “Taiaro”
- Russian: “Таиаро”
- Slovak: “Taiaro”
- Spanish: “Taiaro”
- Swahili: “Taiaro”
- Tahitian: “Taiaro”
- Western Mari: “Таиаро”
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