Aranuka
Aranuka, formerly known as Ananuka, is an island in Kiribati. It is unique for its natural beauty as well as being the only island in Kiribati and quite possibly the Pacific region to have tall mangrove trees with heights of more than 15 meters.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: island with 1,160 residents
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Aranuka atoll”, “Aranuka-Atoll”, “Aranuka-Inseln”, “Aranukaatollen”, “Henderville”, “Henderville Island”, “Nonouki”, “Starbuck”, “아라누카 섬”, and “阿拉魯卡環礁”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Buariki and Aranuka Airport.
Aranuka
- Category: reef island
- Location: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
0.1643° or 0° 9′ 51″ north
Longitude
173.6058° or 173° 36′ 21″ east
Population
1,160
UN/LOCODE
KI AAK
Open location code
6VGM5J74+P8
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Zeeuws—“Aranuka” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Արանուկա”
- Asturian: “Aranuka”
- Azerbaijani: “Aranuka adası”
- Catalan: “Aranuka”
- Cebuano: “Aranuka”
- Chinese: “阿拉努卡環礁”
- Croatian: “Aranuka”
- Dutch: “Aranuka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ارانوكا”
- Estonian: “Aranuka”
- Finnish: “Aranuka”
- French: “Aranuka”
- Galician: “Atol Aranuka”
- German: “Aranuka”
- Greek: “Αρανούκα”
- Hebrew: “אראנוקה”
- Indonesian: “Aranuka”
- Italian: “Aranuka”
- Japanese: “アラヌーカ環礁”
- Japanese: “アラヌカ”
- Korean: “아라누카”
- Macedonian: “Аранука”
- Persian: “آرانوکا”
- Polish: “Aranuka”
- Portuguese: “Aranuka”
- Russian: “Аранука”
- Spanish: “Aranuka”
- Swedish: “Aranuka”
- Turkish: “Aranuka”
- Zeeuws: “Aranuka”
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