Maupihaʻa

Maupihaʻa, also known as Mopelia, is an atoll in the of the , in the South Pacific. This atoll is located 72 km southeast of , its nearest neighbor.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Atoll
  • Description: island in French Polynesia
  • Also known as: Atoll Mopélia”, “Ile Mopelia”, “Lord Howe’s Island”, “Mapihaa”, “Maupihaa”, “Maura”, “Mobidie”, “Mopeha”, “Mopelia Island”, “Mopetia”, “Mopiha”, and “Mopihaa Island

Maupihaʻa

Latitude
-16.83333° or 16° 50′ south
Longitude
-153.91667° or 153° 55′ west
Open location code
53M8538M+M8
Geo­Names ID
4034204
Wiki­data ID
Q1166015
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Tahitian—“Maupihaʻa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Maupihaa
  • Arabic: ماوبيها
  • Basque: Maupihaa
  • Belarusian: Маўпіхаа
  • Catalan: Maupihaa
  • Cebuano: Atoll Maupihaa
  • Chinese: 莫皮哈环礁
  • Chinese: 莫皮哈環礁
  • Czech: Mopelia
  • Danish: Maupihaa
  • Dutch: Maupihaa
  • Esperanto: Maupihaa
  • Finnish: Maupihaa
  • Finnish: Mopelia
  • French: Maupihaa
  • French: Mopelia
  • Galician: Atol Maupihaa
  • Galician: Maupihaa
  • German: Maupelia
  • German: Maupihaa
  • German: Mopelia
  • German: Mopihaa
  • Hungarian: Maupihaa
  • Italian: Maupihaa
  • Japanese: マウピハア島
  • Japanese: モピア環礁
  • Japanese: モペリア環礁
  • Lithuanian: Maupihaa
  • Lithuanian: Mopelia
  • Macedonian: Маупихаа
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Maupihaa
  • Norwegian: Maupihaa
  • Persian: ماوپیهائا
  • Polish: Maupihaa
  • Portuguese: Maupihaa
  • Russian: Маупихаа
  • Spanish: Maupihaa
  • Spanish: Mopelia
  • Swedish: Maupihaa
  • Tahitian: Maupiha’a

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