Napuka
Napuka, or Pukaroa, is a small coral atoll in the Disappointment Islands, in the northeastern part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located only 15 km to the southeast of Tepoto Nord, its nearest neighbor, forming a small group.- Locality with about 270 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …is also known as “Napuka Atoll”
- Description: atoll in French Polynesia
- Historically known as“Île de la Désolation”“Pukaroa”
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Latitude
-14.1732° or 14° 10′ 23″ south
Longitude
-141.2252° or 141° 13′ 31″ west
Open location code
53QWRQGF+PW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=atoll
OpenStreetMap feature
place=atoll
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Napuka” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Napuka”
- Catalan: “Napuka”
- Cebuano: “Napuka Atoll”
- Chinese: “納普卡環礁”
- Chinese: “纳普卡环礁”
- Dutch: “Napuka”
- Finnish: “Napuka”
- French: “Napuka Atoll”
- French: “Napuka”
- Galician: “Atol Napuka”
- Galician: “Napuka”
- Galician: “Tepukamaruia”
- Galician: “Whytoohee”
- German: “Napuka”
- Hungarian: “Napuka”
- Italian: “Napuka”
- Japanese: “ナプカ環礁”
- Latvian: “Napuka”
- Lithuanian: “Napuka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Napuka”
- Norwegian: “Napuka”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Napuka”
- Persian: “ناپوکا”
- Piemontese: “Napuka”
- Polish: “Napuka”
- Portuguese: “Napuka (comuna)”
- Portuguese: “Napuka”
- Russian: “Напука”
- Slovak: “Napuka”
- Spanish: “Napuka”
- Swahili: “Napuka”
- Tagalog: “Napuka”
- Tahitian: “Napuka”
- Ukrainian: “Напука”
- Urdu: “ناپوکا”
- Western Mari: “Напука”
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