Hikueru

Hikueru, Tiveru, or Te Kārena, is one of the Central Tuamotu atolls. The closest land to Hikueru is 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.
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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

Latitude
-17.58416° or 17° 35′ 3″ south
Longitude
-142.6164° or 142° 36′ 59″ west
IATA airport code
HHZ
Open location code
53JVC98M+8C
Geo­Names ID
4034408
Wiki­data ID
Q1469615
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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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hikueru”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.