Pukapuka
Pukapuka, formerly Danger Island, is a coral atoll in the northern group of the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the most remote islands of the Cook Islands, situated about 1,140 kilometres northwest of Rarotonga.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: atoll with 507 residents
- Description: atoll in the northern Cook Islands
- Also known as: “Danger Island”, “Îles de la Loutre”, “Islands of Danger”, “Puka-Puka”, “San Bernardo”, “Te Ulu-o-Te-Watu”, “Wale”, “פוקהפוקה”, and “פוקפוקה”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loto and Ngake.
Loto
Village
Loto is one of three villages on the island of Wale in the Pukapuka atoll of the Cook Islands.
Ngake
Village
Ngake is one of three villages on the island of Wale in the Pukapuka atoll of the Cook Islands.
Pukapuka
- Category: reef island
- Location: Cook Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-10.8537° or 10° 51′ 13″ south
Longitude
-165.8474° or 165° 50′ 51″ west
Population
507
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
52XP45W3+G2
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pukapuka” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوكابوكا”
- Asturian: “Pukapuca”
- Asturian: “Pukapuka”
- Belarusian: “Атол Пукапука”
- Belarusian: “Пукапука”
- Bengali: “পুকাপুকা”
- Catalan: “Pukapuka”
- Cebuano: “Pukapuka”
- Chinese: “普卡普卡島”
- Chinese: “普卡普卡环礁”
- Danish: “Pukapuka”
- Dutch: “Pukapuka”
- Estonian: “Pukapuka”
- Finnish: “Pukapuka”
- French: “Pukapuka”
- Galician: “Pukapuka”
- German: “Pukapuka”
- Greek: “Πουκαπούκα”
- Gujarati: “પુકાપુકા”
- Hebrew: “פוקאפוקה”
- Hindi: “पुकापुका”
- Indonesian: “Pukapuka”
- Italian: “Pukapuka”
- Japanese: “プカプカ島”
- Kannada: “ಪುಕಾಪುಕ”
- Korean: “푸카푸카섬”
- Latvian: “Pukapuka”
- Lithuanian: “Pukapuka”
- Malay: “Pukapuka”
- Maori: “Pukapuka”
- Marathi: “पुकपुकु”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pukapuka”
- Norwegian: “Pukapuka”
- Persian: “پوکاپوکا”
- Polish: “Pukapuka”
- Portuguese: “Pukapuka”
- Russian: “Пукапука”
- Sinhala: “පකපුකා”
- Sinhala: “පුකපුකා”
- Spanish: “Pukapuka”
- Swedish: “Pukapuka”
- Tamil: “புகப்புக”
- Telugu: “పుకాపుకా”
- Thai: “เกาะปุกาปุกา”
- Turkish: “Pukapuka Adası”
- Turkish: “Pukapuka”
- Ukrainian: “Пукапука”
- Urdu: “پوکاپوکا”
- Vietnamese: “Pukapuka”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Moto Kavata and Motu Koe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pukapuka and Pukapuka Atoll.
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