Hao Atoll
Hao, or Haorangi, is a large coral atoll in the central part of the Tuamotu Archipelago. It has c. 1000 people living on 35 km2. It was used to house the military support base for the nuclear tests on Mururoa.- Type: Atoll
- Description: coral atoll
- Also known as: “Bow Island”, “Hao”, “Hao-Atoll”, “Haorangi”, “Harp Island”, “Hau”, “Heau”, “Heyow”, “île de l’Arc”, and “île de la Harpe”
Hao Atoll
- Categories: atoll, island, reef island, and landform
- Location: Tuamotu-Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-18.2127° or 18° 12′ 46″ south
Longitude
-140.8992° or 140° 53′ 57″ west
IATA airport code
HOI
Open location code
53HXQ4P2+W8
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Mari—“Hao Atoll” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hao”
- Catalan: “Hao”
- Cebuano: “Hao Atoll”
- Chinese: “豪環礁”
- Dutch: “Hao”
- Finnish: “Hao”
- French: “Atoll Hao”
- French: “Hao”
- French: “Ile de la Harpe”
- French: “Ile Hao”
- Galician: “Atol Hao”
- German: “Hao”
- Hungarian: “Hao szigetcsoport”
- Italian: “Hao”
- Japanese: “ハオ環礁”
- Korean: “하오”
- Latvian: “Hao”
- Lithuanian: “Hao”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Hao”
- Polish: “Hao”
- Portuguese: “Atol de Hao”
- Portuguese: “Hao”
- Russian: “Хао”
- Slovak: “Hao”
- Spanish: “Hao (atolón)”
- Spanish: “Hao”
- Swahili: “Hao”
- Tahitian: “Hao”
- Urdu: “ہاو”
- Western Mari: “Хао”
- “Hao”
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