Taro Island

Taro Island is a small in with 507 inhabitants. It is the capital of and is located in off the northwest coast. This island, which is 2 meters above sea level, is threatened by rising sea levels.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Choiseul Bay Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport at on Taro Island, part of the in the . The airport has scheduled flights provided by Solomon Airlines, using DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.

Taro Island

Latitude
-6.71111° or 6° 42′ 40″ south
Longitude
156.39722° or 156° 23′ 50″ east
Population
1,050
Open location code
6R5R79QW+HV
Geo­Names ID
11423653
Wiki­data ID
Q1440679
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Taro Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Taro
  • Cebuano: Taro Island
  • Chinese: 塔罗
  • Chinese: 塔羅
  • Czech: Taro Island
  • Dutch: Taro Island
  • Egyptian Arabic: تارو ايسلاند
  • Egyptian Arabic: تارو
  • French: Île Taro
  • French: Taro
  • Galician: Taro
  • German: Taro Island
  • German: Taro
  • Hebrew: טארו
  • Italian: Taro
  • Japanese: タロ島
  • Persian: جزیره تارو
  • Polish: Taro Island
  • Portuguese: Ilha Taro
  • Russian: Таро (остров)
  • Russian: Таро
  • Sinhala: ටාරෝ දූපත, සොලමන් දූපත්
  • Spanish: Isla Taro
  • Spanish: Taro (Isla)
  • Spanish: Taro
  • Turkish: Taro Adası
  • Urdu: تارو جزیرہ

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