Mataiva
Mataiva, Tepoetiriura or Lazarev atoll is a coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is located in the Palliser group, and is the westernmost of the Tuamotus.
- Type: Atoll
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “La Fugitiva”, “Lazareff”, “Lazarev”, “Lázarev”, “Malivi”, “Matahiva Island”, “Matahiwa”, “Mataïva”, and “Mataiwa”
- Historically known as: “Lazareff Island” and “Mataiwa Island”
Mataiva
- Categories: island, atoll, reef island, and landform
- Location: Tuamotu-Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-14.8837° or 14° 53′ 1″ south
Longitude
-148.67166° or 148° 40′ 18″ west
Open location code
53QH488H+G8
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Mataiva” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Mataiva”
- Catalan: “Mataiva”
- Cebuano: “Atoll Mataiva”
- Chinese: “馬塔伊瓦環礁”
- Chinese: “马塔伊瓦环礁”
- Danish: “Mataiva”
- Dutch: “Mataiva”
- Esperanto: “Mataiva”
- Finnish: “Mataiva”
- French: “Lazaroff”
- French: “Matahiva”
- French: “Mataiva”
- Galician: “Atol Mataiva”
- Galician: “Mataiva”
- German: “Mataiva”
- Italian: “Mataiva”
- Japanese: “マタイヴァ島”
- Japanese: “マタイヴァ環礁”
- Japanese: “マタヒヴァ島”
- Japanese: “マタヒヴァ環礁”
- Korean: “마타이바 환초”
- Latvian: “Mataiva”
- Lithuanian: “Mataiva”
- Polish: “Mataiva”
- Portuguese: “Mataiva”
- Russian: “Атолл Лазарева”
- Russian: “Матаива”
- Russian: “Остров Лазарева”
- Slovak: “Mataiva”
- Spanish: “Mataiva”
- Swahili: “Mataiva”
- Tahitian: “Mataiva”
- Western Mari: “Матаива”
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