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French Polynesia
Îles Tuamotu-Gambier

Fangatau Atoll

Fangatau, or Nakai-erua, is a small atoll in the Tuamotu group in . The nearest land is Atoll, located 72 km to the ESE. This small atoll has an elongated shape.
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Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Locality with 121 residents
  • Description: atoll in French Polynesia
  • Also known as: “Ahangatu”, “Angatau”, “Arakcheev”, “Arakchéev”, “Arakchev”, “Arakchev Island”, “Araktcheff”, “Arktscheff”, “Fangatau”, and “Nakai-Erua”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fangatau Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is an airport serving the village of , located on the Fangatau atoll, in the Tuamotu group of atolls in , 960 kilometres from . was inaugurated in 1978.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Teana.

Village
is a village located in the Fangatau atoll. is situated 2½ km west of Fangatau Atoll.

Fangatau Atoll

Latitude
-15.8217° or 15° 49′ 18″ south
Longitude
-140.86697° or 140° 52′ 1″ west
Population
121
IATA airport code
FGU
Open location code
53PX54HM+86
Open­Street­Map ID
way 139522178
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­atoll
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­atoll
Geo­Names ID
4034505
Wiki­data ID
Q1255016
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Satellite Map

Discover Fangatau Atoll from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Fangatau Atoll” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Fanqatau”
  • Catalan: “Fangatau”
  • Cebuano: “Fangatau Atoll”
  • Chinese: “方阿陶环礁”
  • Chinese: “方阿陶環礁”
  • Dutch: “Fangatau”
  • Esperanto: “Fangatau”
  • French: “Fangatau”
  • Galician: “Atol Fangatau”
  • German: “Fangatau”
  • Hungarian: “Fangatau”
  • Italian: “Fangatau”
  • Japanese: “ファガタウ環礁”
  • Japanese: “ファンガタウ環礁”
  • Latvian: “Fanatau”
  • Lithuanian: “Fangatau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fangatau”
  • Norwegian: “Fangatau”
  • Portuguese: “Fangatau”
  • Russian: “Фангатау”
  • Slovak: “Fangatau”
  • Spanish: “Fangatau”
  • Swahili: “Fangatau”
  • Tahitian: “Fangatau”
  • Western Mari: “Фангатау”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Dominique de Fangatau and Grotte de la sainte vierge de Fangatau.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Fangatau Atoll”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.