Atiu
Atiu is an island in Southern Cook Islands. It is the third largest, third most populous, and third most visited island in the Cook Island group. It is 27 km2 and has a rapidly decreasing population of 434, of which most are children and elderly.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Cook Islands
- Also known as: “Atiu Island”, “Enuamanu”, “Vatiu”, and “Wateeo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Tiroto and Enua Airport.
Lake Tiroto
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lake Tiroto is a lake on the island of Atiu, part of the Cook Islands archipelago. According to legend, the eel Rauou dug the lake before travelling to Mitiaro to dig lakes there. The lake is connected to the sea by a tunnel under the makatea.
Enua Airport
Aerodrome
Enua Airport is an airport in Atiu in the Cook Islands. It is the second airport built on the island. An original grass airstrip near Areora was opened in 1977. The present airport, with a compacted coral runway, was opened in 1983.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teenui Village and Ngatiarua Village.
Teenui Village
Village
Teenui-Kurukava is a village on Atiu in the Cook Islands. The village of Teenui has a population of 107. Enua Airport and Atiu Harbour are located in the village.
Ngatiarua Village
Village
Ngatiarua is a village on the island of Atiu in the Cook Islands. Ngatiarua is the island's biggest village. 32 people live in the village. The village chief is Ngamaru Ariki.
Mapumai Village
Village
Mapumai Village, is a village on Atiu in the Cook Islands. On Atiu, Mapumai Village plays an important role, because it houses Enuamanu School, radio Atiu, Telecom, Te po Nui and more.
Atiu
- Category: landform
- Location: Southern Cook Islands, Cook Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-19.9972° or 19° 59′ 50″ southLongitude
-158.1122° or 158° 6′ 44″ westPopulation
297Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
53G32V3Q+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 22383694
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Satellite Map
Discover Atiu from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Atiu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أتيو”
- Armenian: “Ատիու”
- Asturian: “Atiu”
- Bengali: “আতিউ”
- Catalan: “Atiu”
- Cebuano: “Atiu”
- Chinese: “阿蒂乌岛”
- Chinese: “阿蒂烏島”
- Danish: “Atiu”
- Dutch: “Atiu”
- Estonian: “Atiu saar”
- Estonian: “Atiu”
- Finnish: “Atiu”
- Finnish: “Enuamanu”
- French: “Atiu”
- Galician: “Atiu”
- German: “Atiu”
- Greek: “Ατίου”
- Gujarati: “અતિઉ”
- Hebrew: “אטיו”
- Hindi: “एटीयू”
- Indonesian: “Atiu”
- Italian: “Atiu”
- Japanese: “アチウ島”
- Kannada: “ಎಟಿಯು”
- Korean: “아티우”
- Latvian: “Atiu”
- Lithuanian: “Atiu”
- Malay: “Atiu”
- Marathi: “अतियु”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Atiu”
- Norwegian: “Atiu”
- Persian: “آتیو”
- Polish: “Atiu”
- Portuguese: “Atiu”
- Russian: “Атиу”
- Sinhala: “අටියු”
- Spanish: “Atiu”
- Swedish: “Atiu”
- Tamil: “ஆடிக்கு”
- Telugu: “అటియు”
- Thai: “อทิยู”
- Turkish: “Atiu”
- Ukrainian: “Атіу”
- Urdu: “اتیو”
- Vietnamese: “Atiu”
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