Taroa Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maloelap Airport.
Maloelap Airport
Aerodrome
Maloelap Airport is a public use airport located on Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands. This airport is assigned the location identifier 3N1 by the FAA and MAV by the IATA.
Taroa Island
- Type: Island
- Description: east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude
8.70674° or 8° 42′ 24″ northLongitude
171.23368° or 171° 14′ 1″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)United Nations Location Code
MH TAROpen location code
6VWHP64M+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 358212271OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4039539Wikidata ID
Q7686518
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Taroa Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Taroa (pulo sa Kapupud-ang Marshall)”
- Cebuano: “Taroa”
- Chinese: “塔羅阿島”
- Japanese: “タロア島”
- Swedish: “Taroa”
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