Fangatau
Fangatau, or Nakai-erua, is a small atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The nearest land is Fakahina Atoll, located 72 km to the ESE. This small atoll has an elongated shape.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Locality with 135 residents
- Description: atoll in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Arakcheev” and “Nakai-Erua”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fangatau Airport.
Fangatau Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Fangatau Airport is an airport serving the village of Teana, located on the Fangatau atoll, in the Tuamotu group of atolls in French Polynesia, 960 kilometres from Tahiti. Fangatau Airport was inaugurated in 1978.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teana.
Fangatau
- Categories: atoll and reef island
- Location: Tuamotu-Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-15.8217° or 15° 49′ 18″ southLongitude
-140.867° or 140° 52′ 1″ westPopulation
135Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)United Nations Location Code
PF FGUOpen location code
53PX54HM+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 139522178OpenStreetMap feature
natural=atollOpenStreetMap feature
place=atollGeoNames ID
10295218Wikidata ID
Q1255016
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Fangatau” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Fanqatau”
- Catalan: “Fangatau”
- Cebuano: “Fangatau Atoll”
- Chinese: “方阿陶环礁”
- Chinese: “方阿陶環礁”
- Dutch: “Fangatau”
- Esperanto: “Fangatau”
- French: “Fangatau”
- Galician: “Atol Fangatau”
- German: “Fangatau”
- Hungarian: “Fangatau”
- Italian: “Fangatau”
- Japanese: “ファガタウ環礁”
- Japanese: “ファンガタウ環礁”
- Latvian: “Fanatau”
- Lithuanian: “Fangatau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fangatau”
- Norwegian: “Fangatau”
- Portuguese: “Fangatau”
- Russian: “Фангатау”
- Slovak: “Fangatau”
- Spanish: “Fangatau”
- Swahili: “Fangatau”
- Tahitian: “Fangatau”
- Western Mari: “Фангатау”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Dominique de Fangatau and Grotte de la sainte vierge de Fangatau.
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