Nikunau
Nikunau is a low coral atoll in the Gilbert Islands. It consists of two parts, with the larger in the northwest, joined by an isthmus about 150 metres wide.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tabomatang.
Tabomatang
Village
Tabomatang is a village settlement on Nikunau Island in Kiribati. It is located near the southern end of the island; the nearest locations, a mile or two to the north, are Manriki and Nikumanu.
Nikunau
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-1.3581° or 1° 21′ 29″ southLongitude
176.4486° or 176° 26′ 55″ eastPopulation
1,910Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)United Nations Location Code
KI NIGOpen location code
6VCRJCRX+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 91645655OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
7521602Wikidata ID
Q1059287
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Nikunau” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Nikunau”
- Cebuano: “Nikunau Island”
- Chinese: “尼库瑙岛”
- Chinese: “尼庫瑙島”
- Croatian: “Nikunau”
- Dutch: “Nikunau”
- Estonian: “Nikunau”
- Finnish: “Nikunau”
- French: “Nikunau”
- Galician: “Nikunau”
- German: “Nikunau”
- Greek: “Νικουνάου”
- Hebrew: “ניקונאו”
- Italian: “Nikunau”
- Japanese: “ニクナウ”
- Korean: “니쿠나우 섬”
- Korean: “니쿠나우”
- Korean: “니쿠나우섬”
- Macedonian: “Никунау”
- Persian: “نیکوناو”
- Polish: “Nikunau”
- Portuguese: “Nikunau”
- Russian: “Никунау”
- Spanish: “Nikunau”
- Swedish: “Nikunau”
- Swedish: “Nikunauatollen”
- Turkish: “Nikunau”
- “Nikunau”
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