Niau Atoll
Niau is a small atoll in French Polynesia, in the commune of Fakarava. This atoll has a broad fringing reef, a diameter of 8 km and an area of 53 km, making the land size at 20 km2.- Island
- …has 246 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code NIU
- …was formerly known as “Greig Island”
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as“Faau”“Niau”“Niau Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niau Airport.
Niau Airport
Aerodrome
Niau Airport is an airport on Niau atoll in French Polynesia. Niau Airport is situated 4 km north of Niau Atoll.
Niau Atoll
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Latitude
-16.15234° or 16° 9′ 8″ south
Longitude
-146.35711° or 146° 21′ 26″ west
Open location code
53MMRJXV+35
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Niau Atoll” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Niau”
- Catalan: “Niau”
- Cebuano: “Niau Atoll”
- Chinese: “尼奧環礁”
- Dutch: “Niau”
- Esperanto: “Niau”
- French: “Atoll de Niau”
- French: “Fakaau”
- French: “île Grieg”
- French: “La Decena”
- French: “Niau”
- Galician: “Atol Niau”
- Galician: “Niau”
- German: “Niau”
- Greek: “Νιάου”
- Hebrew: “ניאאו”
- Indonesian: “Niau”
- Italian: “Niau”
- Japanese: “ニアウ環礁”
- Latin: “Niau”
- Latvian: “Niau”
- Polish: “Niau”
- Portuguese: “Niau”
- Russian: “Ниау”
- Slovak: “Niau”
- Spanish: “Niau”
- Swahili: “Niau”
- Tahitian: “Niau”
- Western Mari: “Ниау”
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