Taroa
Taroa is an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. During World War II, it was the site of a major Japanese airfield. The airfield was destroyed near the close of World War II, and parts of the base and its ruins are still visible all over the island.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …is also known as “Taroa Island”
- Description: east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands
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Latitude
8.70674° or 8° 42′ 24″ north
Longitude
171.23368° or 171° 14′ 1″ east
UN/LOCODE
MH TAR
Open location code
6VWHP64M+MF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Taroa” goes by many names.
ታሮአAmharic
تارواArabic
TaroaAzerbaijani
তারোয়াBengali
TaroaCebuano
Taroa (pulo sa Kapupud-ang Marshall)Cebuano
タロア島Japanese
TaroaJavanese
ТароаKazakh
ТароаKirghiz
TaroaMalay
TaroaOromo
ਤਾਰੋਆPanjabi
TaroaSwedish
ТароаTajik
TaroaTatar
TaroaTurkish
تارواUrdu
TaroaUzbek
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