Fakarava Atoll
Fakarava, Havaiki-te-araro, Havai'i or Farea is an atoll in the west of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is the second largest of the Tuamotu atolls.- Locality
- …has the IATA airport code FAV
- Also known as“Fakarava”“Fakarawa”“Vitgenshteyn”“Wittgenstein”
- Historically known as“Fakarava Island”“Havaiki-Te-Araro”
- Location
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Latitude
-16.29877° or 16° 17′ 56″ south
Longitude
-145.59224° or 145° 35′ 32″ west
Open location code
53MPPC25+F4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = atoll
OpenStreetMap feature
place = atoll
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Fakarava Atoll” goes by many names.
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