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.- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Fakarava”, “Fakarawa”, “Havaiki-Te-Araro”, “Vitgenshteyn”, and “Wittgenstein”
- Historically known as: “Fakarava Island”
Fakarava Atoll
Latitude
-16.29877° or 16° 17′ 56″ south
Longitude
-145.59224° or 145° 35′ 32″ west
IATA airport code
FAV
Open location code
53MPPC25+F4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=atoll
OpenStreetMap feature
place=atoll
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Fakarava Atoll” goes by many names.
- French: “Atoll de Fakarava”
- French: “Fakarava”
- German: “Fakarava”
- Portuguese: “Fakarava”
- Russian: “Факарава”
- Spanish: “Fakarava”
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