Makemo Atoll

Makemo, Rangi-kemo or Te Paritua, is an inhabited atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago in .
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Photo: NASA, Public domain.
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  • Type: Locality with 736 residents
  • Description: atoll
  • Also known as: Goleníschev-Kutúzov-Smolénski”, “Kutusov”, “Makemo”, “Makemu”, “Makima”, “Philip”, “Philipps”, “Philipps Island”, “Phillips Island”, “Rangi-Kemo”, and “Te-Paritua
  • Historically known as: Makemu Island

Places of Interest

Highlights include Makemo Airport.

Aerodrome
is an on Makemo in . The is 10 km WNW of the village of Pouheva. is situated 3½ km east of Makemo Atoll.

Makemo Atoll

Latitude
-16.59369° or 16° 35′ 37″ south
Longitude
-143.68839° or 143° 41′ 18″ west
Population
736
IATA airport code
MKP
Open location code
53MRC846+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 138635312
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­atoll
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­atoll
Geo­Names ID
4034292
Wiki­data ID
Q591299
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Makemo Atoll” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Makemo
  • Aragonese: Makemo
  • Arpitan: Makemo
  • Asturian: Makemo
  • Azerbaijani: Makemo
  • Bambara: Makemo
  • Basque: Makemo
  • Bavarian: Makemo
  • Breton: Makemo
  • Cajun French: Makemo
  • Catalan: Makemo
  • Cebuano: Makemo (pulong kagaangan)
  • Cebuano: Makemo
  • Chinese: 馬凱莫環礁
  • Corsican: Makemo
  • Croatian: Makemo
  • Czech: Makemo
  • Danish: Makemo
  • Dutch: Makemo
  • Esperanto: Makemo
  • Estonian: Makemo
  • Finnish: Makemo
  • French: Atoll Makemo
  • French: Makemo
  • Friulian: Makemo
  • Galician: Atol Makemo
  • German: Makemo
  • Hebrew: מאקמו
  • Hungarian: Makemo
  • Ido: Makemo
  • Indonesian: Makemo
  • Interlingua: Makemo
  • Interlingue: Makemo
  • Irish: Makemo
  • Italian: Makemo
  • Jamaican Creole English: Makemo
  • Japanese: マケモ環礁
  • Kabyle: Makemo
  • Kongo: Makemo
  • Latvian: Makemo
  • Ligurian: Makemo
  • Limburgan: Makemo
  • Lithuanian: Makemas
  • Lithuanian: Makemo
  • Low German: Makemo
  • Luxembourgish: Makemo
  • Mainfränkisch: Makemo
  • Malagasy: Makemo
  • Malay: Makemo
  • Minangkabau: Makemo
  • Narom: Makemo
  • Neapolitan: Makemo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Makemo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Makemo
  • Norwegian: Makemo
  • Occitan (post 1500): Makemo
  • Papiamento: Makemo
  • Picard: Makemo
  • Piemontese: Makemo
  • Polish: Makemo
  • Portuguese: Makemo
  • Prussian: Makemo
  • Romagnol: Makemo
  • Romanian: Makemo
  • Romansh: Makemo
  • Russian: Макемо
  • Sardinian: Makemo
  • Scots: Makemo
  • Scottish Gaelic: Makemo
  • Serbian: Makemo
  • Sicilian: Makemo
  • Slovak: Makemo
  • Spanish: Makemo
  • Swahili: Makemo
  • Swedish: Makemo
  • Swiss German: Makemo
  • Tahitian: Makemo
  • Turkish: Makemo
  • Urdu: ماکیمو
  • Venetian: Makemo
  • Vietnamese: Makemo
  • Vlaams: Makemo
  • Volapük: Makemo
  • Walloon: Makemo
  • Welsh: Makemo
  • Western Mari: Макемо
  • Wolof: Makemo
  • Zulu: Makemo

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Makemo lighthouse.

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