Hikueru
Hikueru, Tiveru, or Te Kārena, is one of the Central Tuamotu atolls. The closest land to Hikueru is Tekokota Atoll, located 22 km to the north. Hikueru Atoll's shape is roughly oval and it is 15 km in length and 9.5 km in width.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Atoll
- Description: atoll in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Hikouerou”, “Hikuero”, “San Juan”, “Te Kārena”, “Tiveru”, and “Tuscan”
- Historically known as: “Hikuera Island”, “Melville”, and “Melville Island”
Hikueru
- Categories: atoll and landform
- Location: Îles Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Mari—“Hikueru” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հիկուերու”
- Azerbaijani: “Hikueru”
- Catalan: “Hikueru”
- Cebuano: “Atoll Hikueru”
- Chinese: “希库埃鲁环礁”
- Chinese: “希庫埃魯環礁”
- Dutch: “Hikueru”
- Finnish: “Hikueru”
- French: “Atoll Hikueru”
- French: “Hikueru”
- French: “Te Karena”
- French: “Tiveru”
- Galician: “Atol Hikueru”
- Galician: “Hikueru”
- German: “Hikueru”
- Hungarian: “Hikueru”
- Italian: “Hikueru”
- Japanese: “ヒクエル環礁”
- Latvian: “Hikueru”
- Lithuanian: “Hikueru”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hikueru”
- Norwegian: “Hikueru”
- Polish: “Hikueru”
- Portuguese: “Hikueru”
- Russian: “Хикуэру”
- Slovak: “Hikueru”
- Spanish: “Hikueru”
- Swahili: “Hikueru”
- Tahitian: “Hikueru”
- Turkish: “Hikueru”
- Western Mari: “Хикуэру”
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