Rurutu Island
Rūrutu is the northernmost island in the Austral archipelago of French Polynesia, and the name of a commune consisting solely of that island. It is situated 572 km south of Tahiti.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Hiti-roa”, “Ohetehoa”, “Oheteroa”, “Rouroutou”, “Rurutu”, and “Rurutua”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rurutu Airport.
Rurutu Airport
Aerodrome
Rurutu Airport is an airport on Rurutu in French Polynesia. The airport is located 2.5 kilometres northeast of Moerai. The airport was built in 1977. Rurutu Airport is situated 2½ km north of Rurutu Island.
Rurutu Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.45704° or 22° 27′ 25″ south
Longitude
-151.35542° or 151° 21′ 20″ west
Population
2,250
Elevation
207 metres (679 feet)
IATA airport code
RUR
Open location code
539CGJVV+5R
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Rurutu Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روروتو”
- Basque: “Rurutu”
- Catalan: “Rurutu”
- Cebuano: “Rurutu”
- Chinese: “魯魯圖島”
- Chinese: “魯魯土島”
- Dutch: “Rurutu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روروتو”
- Finnish: “Rurutu”
- French: “Île Rurutu”
- French: “Rurutu”
- Galician: “Rurutu”
- German: “Rurutu”
- Hebrew: “רורוטו”
- Hungarian: “Rurutu”
- Indonesian: “Rurutu”
- Italian: “Rurutu”
- Japanese: “ルルツ島”
- Latvian: “Rurutu”
- Lithuanian: “Rurutu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rurutu”
- Norwegian: “Rurutu”
- Polish: “Rurutu”
- Portuguese: “Rurutu”
- Russian: “Руруту”
- Serbian: “Руруту”
- Slovenian: “Rurutu”
- Spanish: “Rurutu”
- Swedish: “Rurutu”
- Tahitian: “Rurutu”
- Turkish: “Rurutu”
- Western Mari: “Руруту”
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