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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buariki and Aranuka Airport.
Buariki
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Buariki is the largest island in the Aranuka atoll of the Gilbert Islands in the Republic of Kiribati. Together with Takaeang the two large islands form the triangle shape of the atoll with Buariki forming the base.
Aranuka Airport
Aerodrome
Aranuka Airport is an airport, located approximately one kilometre north of the centre of Buariki village on the island of Buariki, Aranuka, Kiribati. The airport is served twice a week by Air Kiribati from Kuria Airport on Kuria.
Aranuka
- Type: island with 1,160 residents
- Description: island
- Location: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Aranuka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Chinese: “阿拉魯卡環礁”
- Croatian: “Aranuka”
- Dutch: “Aranuka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ارانوكا”
- Estonian: “Aranuka atoll”
- Estonian: “Aranuka”
- Finnish: “Aranuka”
- French: “Aranuka”
- Galician: “Aranuka”
- Galician: “Atol Aranuka”
- German: “Aranuka-Atoll”
- German: “Aranuka-Inseln”
- German: “Aranuka”
- German: “Henderville”
- German: “Nonouki”
- German: “Starbuck”
- Greek: “Αρανούκα”
- Hebrew: “אראנוקה”
- Italian: “Aranuka”
- Japanese: “アラヌーカ環礁”
- Japanese: “アラヌカ”
- Korean: “아라누카 섬”
- Korean: “아라누카”
- Macedonian: “Аранука”
- Persian: “آرانوکا”
- Polish: “Aranuka”
- Portuguese: “Aranuka”
- Russian: “Аранука”
- Spanish: “Aranuka”
- Swedish: “Aranuka”
- Swedish: “Aranukaatollen”
- Swedish: “Henderville Island”
- Swedish: “Nonouki”
- Turkish: “Aranuka”
- Zeeuws: “Aranuka”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Aranuka”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.