Disappointment Islands

The Disappointment Islands are a subgroup of the Tuamotu Archipelago in . They are located towards the northeast, away from the main Tuamotu group.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: archipelago in French Polynesia
  • Also known as: Disappointment Group”, “Iles du Desappointement”, and “Îles du Désappointement

Disappointment Islands

Latitude
-14.16667° or 14° 10′ south
Longitude
-141.33333° or 141° 20′ west
Open location code
53QWRMM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
4034571
Wiki­data ID
Q292684
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Disappointment Islands” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Dezappuentman adaları
  • Basque: Dezepzioaren uharteak
  • Catalan: Disappointment Islands
  • Catalan: Îles du Désappointement
  • Catalan: illes de la Decepció
  • Catalan: Illes de la Decepció
  • Catalan: Illes Désappointement
  • Catalan: Illes Disappointment
  • Cebuano: Îles du Désappointement
  • Chinese: 失望群島
  • Dutch: Iles du Desappointement
  • Dutch: Îles du Désappointement
  • Esperanto: Insuloj de Malkontentigo
  • Estonian: Desappointementi saared
  • Estonian: Désappointementi saared
  • Estonian: Desappointementi saarestik
  • Estonian: Désappointementi saarestik
  • French: îles du Désappointement
  • French: Îles du Désappointement
  • Galician: Illas da Decepción
  • German: Disappointment Islands
  • German: Îles du Désappointement
  • Hungarian: Csalódás-szigetek
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Désappointement
  • Italian: Isole della Delusione
  • Japanese: ディサポイントメント諸島
  • Latvian: Disepointmenta salas
  • Literary Chinese: 失望群島
  • Polish: Îles du Désappointement
  • Portuguese: Ilhas da Decepção
  • Portuguese: Ilhas da Desilusão
  • Russian: Острова Дезаппуэнтман
  • Spanish: Islas de la Decepcion
  • Spanish: Islas de la Decepción
  • Tagalog: Islang Disappointment
  • Ukrainian: Острови Дезапуанман
  • Ukrainian: Острови Дісаппоінтмент
  • Ukrainian: Острови Розчарування
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Désappointement
  • Yue Chinese: 失望群島

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