Arorae
Arorae is an atoll in Kiribati located near the equator. Arorae is the southernmost island in the Gilbert Islands group. It has a population of just over a thousand inhabitants on 9.5 square kilometres.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: island with 1,260 residents
- Description: island of Kiribati
- Historically known as: “Arorai”, “Arurai”, “Hope Island”, and “Hurd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arorae Island Airport.
Arorae Island Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Arorae Airport is the airport serving Arorae, Kiribati. It is located in the north of the island, north of the village of Tamaroa. The airport is served by Air Kiribati from Tabiteuea North Airport, which is connected with the international airport at South Tarawa, but lands at Tamana on its way from Arorae back to Tabiteuea North.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roreti.
Roreti
Village
Roreti is a village in Arorae, Kiribati. The name is a local transliteration of Royalist. There are only two villages on the island: the northern village, Tamaroa and the southern village, Roreti.
Arorae
- Location: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Arorae from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Arorae” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Arorae”
- Cebuano: “Arorae Atoll”
- Chinese: “阿羅賴島”
- Croatian: “Arorae”
- Dutch: “Arorae”
- Estonian: “Arorae atoll”
- Estonian: “Arorae”
- Faroese: “Arorae”
- Finnish: “Arorae”
- French: “Arorae”
- Galician: “Arorae”
- Galician: “Atol Arorae”
- German: “Arorae”
- German: “Arorai”
- German: “Arurai”
- German: “Hope Island”
- German: “Hurd”
- Greek: “Αροράε”
- Hebrew: “ארוראה”
- Italian: “Arorae”
- Japanese: “アロラエ”
- Korean: “아로라에 섬”
- Korean: “아로라에”
- Macedonian: “Арорае”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arorae”
- Norwegian: “Arorae”
- Polish: “Arorae”
- Portuguese: “Arorae”
- Romanian: “Arorae”
- Russian: “Арораэ”
- Spanish: “Arorae”
- Swedish: “Arorae”
- Turkish: “Arorae”
- “Arorae”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tamaroa Village and Taribo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Arorae and Batitotai.
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