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 10 metres (33 feet)
- …is also known as “Taroa Island”
- Description: east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maloelap Airport.
Taroa
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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.
- Amharic: “ታሮአ”
- Arabic: “تاروا”
- Azerbaijani: “Taroa”
- Bengali: “তারোয়া”
- Cebuano: “Taroa (pulo sa Kapupud-ang Marshall)”
- Cebuano: “Taroa”
- Chinese: “塔羅阿島”
- French: “Taroa”
- German: “Taroa”
- Hausa: “Taroa”
- Hindi: “तारोआ”
- Indonesian: “Taroa”
- Japanese: “タロア”
- Japanese: “タロア島”
- Javanese: “Taroa”
- Kazakh: “Тароа”
- Kirghiz: “Тароа”
- Malay: “Taroa”
- Oromo: “Taroa”
- Panjabi: “ਤਾਰੋਆ”
- Persian: “تاروا”
- Portuguese: “Taroa”
- Pushto: “تاروا”
- Russian: “Тароа”
- Somali: “Taroa”
- Spanish: “Taroa”
- Swahili: “Taroa”
- Swedish: “Taroa”
- Tajik: “Тароа”
- Tatar: “Taroa”
- Turkish: “Taroa”
- Urdu: “تاروا”
- Uzbek: “Taroa”
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