Kauehi
Kauehi, or Putake, is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The nearest land is Raraka Atoll, located 17 km to the Southeast. Kauehi has a wide lagoon measuring 24 km by 18 km.- Type: Locality
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Cavahi”, “Kaoueh”, “Kauéai”, “Kaueh”, “Kawahe”, “Kawahi”, “Kawehe”, “Putake”, “Vincennes”, “Vincennes Island”, and “Винсент (атолл)”
- Historically known as: “Kawahi Island”
Kauehi
- Categories: atoll and reef island
- Location: Tuamotu-Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-15.87555° or 15° 52′ 32″ south
Longitude
-145.15526° or 145° 9′ 19″ west
IATA airport code
KHZ
Open location code
53PP4RFV+QV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=atoll
OpenStreetMap feature
place=atoll
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Kauehi” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kauehi”
- Catalan: “Kauehi”
- Cebuano: “Atoll Kauehi”
- Chinese: “考埃希环礁”
- Chinese: “考埃希環礁”
- Dutch: “Kauehi”
- Esperanto: “Kauehi”
- French: “Kauehi”
- Galician: “Atol Kauehi”
- German: “Kauehi”
- Indonesian: “Kauehi”
- Italian: “Kauehi”
- Japanese: “カウエヒ環礁”
- Portuguese: “Kauehi”
- Russian: “Кауэхи”
- Slovak: “Kauehi”
- Spanish: “Kauehi”
- Swahili: “Kauehi”
- Tahitian: “Kauehi”
- Uzbek: “Kauehi”
- Western Mari: “Кауэхи”
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