Makatea
Makatea, or Mangaia-te-vai-tamae, is a raised coral atoll in the northwestern part of the Tuamotus, which is a part of the French overseas collectivity of French Polynesia.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Island
- …has 61 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (260 feet)
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as“Eyland van Verkwikking”“Ma-atea”“Macatea”“Makatea Atoll (French Polynesia)”“Makatéa Island”“Recreation Island”“Refreshment Island”“Sagitaria”
- Historically known as“Aurora”“Aurora Island”“Île du Rafraîchissement”“Maka Tableland”“Mangaia-Te-Vai-Tamae”“Metia Island”“Papa Tea”“San Diego”
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Latitude
-15.8389° or 15° 50′ 20″ south
Longitude
-148.25083° or 148° 15′ 3″ west
Open location code
53PH5P6X+CM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Makatea” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Makatea”
- Basque: “Makatea”
- Bulgarian: “Макатеа”
- Catalan: “Makatea”
- Cebuano: “Makatea”
- Chinese: “馬卡泰阿島”
- Czech: “Makatea Atoll (French Polynesia)”
- Dutch: “Makatea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماكاتيا”
- Esperanto: “Makatea”
- Estonian: “Makatea”
- Finnish: “Makatea”
- French: “Île Makatea”
- French: “Makatea”
- Galician: “Makatea”
- German: “Makatea Atoll (French Polynesia)”
- German: “Makatea”
- Italian: “Makatea”
- Japanese: “マカテア島”
- Korean: “마카테아섬”
- Latin: “Makatea”
- Latvian: “Makatea”
- Lithuanian: “Makatea”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Makatea”
- Norwegian: “Makatea”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Makatea”
- Polish: “Makatea”
- Portuguese: “Makatea”
- Romanian: “Makatea”
- Russian: “Макатеа (остров)”
- Russian: “Макатеа”
- Slovak: “Makatea”
- Slovenian: “Makatea”
- Spanish: “Makatea”
- Swahili: “Makatea”
- Tahitian: “Makatea”
- Turkish: “Makatea”
- Western Frisian: “Makatea”
- Western Mari: “Макатеа ошмаоты”
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