Zealandia Bank

Zealandia Bank, also known as Farallon de Torres or Piedras de Torres in Spanish, or Papaungan in Chamorro, consists of two rocky pinnacles about 1.5 kilometers apart, in the in the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Type: bar
  • Description: undersea pinnacles and bank in the Northern Mariana Islands
  • Also known as: Farallon de Torres”, “Papaungan”, and “Piedras de Torres

Zealandia Bank

Latitude
16.8953° or 16° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
145.8535° or 145° 51′ 13″ east
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
7R87VVW3+49
Geo­Names ID
7733408
Wiki­data ID
Q169308
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Venetian—“Zealandia Bank” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 齊蘭迪亞礁
  • Dutch: Zealandia Bank
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل زيالانديا بانك
  • Finnish: Zealandia Bank
  • French: banc de Zealandia
  • French: Banc de Zealandia
  • German: Zealandia Bank
  • Hausa: Bankin Zealandia
  • Hungarian: Zealandia-pad
  • Italian: Zealandia Bank
  • Japanese: ジーランディア礁
  • Ladin: Zealandia Bank
  • Polish: Zealandia Bank
  • Portuguese: Banco Zealandia
  • Slovak: Zealandia Bank
  • Spanish: Piedras de Torres
  • Swedish: Zealandia Bank
  • Urdu: زیلینڈیا کنارہ
  • Venetian: Zealandia Bank

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