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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “King’s Island”, “Kings”, “Maro-Taua”, “Taiara”, and “Taïaro Island”
Taiaro
- Categories: atoll, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Îles Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-15.74212° or 15° 44′ 32″ southLongitude
-144.63091° or 144° 37′ 51″ westOpen location code
53PQ7959+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 22392046OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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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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