Makin

Makin is an atoll, chain of islands, located in the Pacific Ocean island nation of . Makin is the northernmost of the , with a population of 1,990.
Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Town with about 1,910 residents
  • …is also known as “Little Makin”
  • Description: island

Places of Interest

Highlights include Makin Airport and Tebua Tarawa.
North Tarawa is the string of islets in the…
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
3.3637° or 3° 21′ 49″ north
Longitude
172.9838° or 172° 59′ 2″ east
Open location code
6VMJ9X7M+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Makin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماكين (جزيرة مرجانية)”
  • Arabic: “ماكين”
  • Catalan: “Makin”
  • Cebuano: “Makin Island”
  • Cebuano: “Makin”
  • Chinese: “馬金群島”
  • Chinese: “马金群岛”
  • Croatian: “Makin”
  • Czech: “Makin”
  • Danish: “Makin”
  • Dutch: “Makin”
  • Estonian: “Makin”
  • Faroese: “Makin”
  • Finnish: “Makin”
  • French: “Little Makin”
  • French: “Makin Meang”
  • French: “Makin”
  • Galician: “Atol Makin”
  • German: “Little Makin”
  • German: “Makin Meang”
  • German: “Makin”
  • Greek: “Μακίν Νήσος”
  • Hebrew: “ליטל מקין”
  • Hebrew: “מקין הקטן”
  • Hebrew: “מקין”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Makin”
  • Italian: “Makin”
  • Japanese: “マキン島”
  • Korean: “마킨 섬”
  • Korean: “마킨 환초”
  • Lithuanian: “Makinas”
  • Macedonian: “Макински Острови”
  • Persian: “ماکین”
  • Polish: “Makin”
  • Portuguese: “Makin”
  • Russian: “Макин”
  • Slovenian: “Makin”
  • Spanish: “Makin Meang”
  • Spanish: “Makin”
  • Swedish: “Makin”
  • Swedish: “Makinatollen”
  • Turkish: “Makin Adaları”
  • Turkish: “Makin Adası”
  • Vietnamese: “Makin (Quần đảo)”
  • Vietnamese: “Makin”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kiebu and Kuma.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Makin Soccer Field and Makin.

Gilbert Islands: Highlights

Learn more about Tarawa and Abemama.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”