Austral Islands
The Austral Islands are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic in the South Pacific. Geographically, they consist of two separate archipelagos, namely in the northwest the Tupua'i islands consisting…
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Rapa is a remote atoll in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia with a population of about 500.
Austral Islands
- Type: Archipelago
- Description: archipelago in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “archipel des Australes”, “Archipel Tubuaï”, “Austral-saaret”, “Australes”, “Australinseln”, “Australs”, “Bassinseln”, “Bassøyene”, “Circonscription administrative des Îles Australes”, “Iles Australes”, “Îles Toubouaï”, “Îles Tubuai”, “îles Tubuaï”, “Ilhas Austrais”, “Illes Tubuai”, “Islas Tubuai”, “l’archipel des Australes”, “otočje Tubuai”, “Otočje Tubuai”, “Quần đảo Austral”, “Tubuai Group”, “Tubuai Islands”, “Tubuai uharteak”, “Tubuai-eilanden”, “Tubuai-Inseln”, “Tubuai-saaret”, “Tubuaiøyene”, “Tubuaisaaret”, “Острова Острал”, “Острови Острал”, “Тубуаї”, “Тубуай”, and “トゥブアイ諸島”
- Categories: administrative subdivision of French Polynesia, locality, and landform
- Location: French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-24.8851° or 24° 53′ 7″ south
Longitude
-149.1033° or 149° 6′ 12″ west
Population
6,310
Elevation
165 metres (541 feet)
Open location code
537G4V7W+WM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Austral Islands” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Austraaleilande”
- Amharic: “አውስትራል ደሴቶች”
- Arabic: “جزر أوسترال”
- Asturian: “Islles Australes”
- Azerbaijani: “Avstral adaları”
- Basque: “Austral uharteak”
- Belarusian: “Астравы Тубуаі”
- Belarusian: “Тубуаі”
- Bengali: “অস্ট্রাল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Bulgarian: “Австралски острови”
- Catalan: “illes Australs”
- Catalan: “Illes Australs”
- Cebuano: “Îles Tubuaï”
- Chinese: “南方群岛”
- Chinese: “南方群島”
- Croatian: “Tubuai”
- Czech: “Jižní ostrovy”
- Czech: “Jižní souostroví”
- Danish: “Australøerne”
- Dutch: “Australeilanden”
- Esperanto: “Aŭstralaj Insuloj”
- Finnish: “Australsaaret”
- French: “Îles Australes or Archipel des Australes”
- French: “îles Australes”
- French: “Îles Australes”
- Galician: “Illas Austrais”
- Georgian: “ტუბუაი”
- German: “Austral-Inseln”
- Greek: “Αουστράλ Νήσοι”
- Gujarati: “ઑસ્ટ્રેલ આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
- Hausa: “Austral Islands”
- Hebrew: “איי אוסטרל”
- Hindi: “ऑस्ट्रल आइलैंड्स”
- Hungarian: “Ausztrál-szigetek”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Austral”
- Italian: “Isole Australi”
- Japanese: “オーストラル諸島”
- Javanese: “Kapuloan Austral”
- Kannada: “ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯಾದ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
- Kazakh: “Австрал аралдары”
- Kirghiz: “Австрал аралдары”
- Korean: “오스트랄 제도”
- Latin: “Insulae Australes”
- Latvian: “Tubuai salas”
- Lithuanian: “Tubuajo salos”
- Macedonian: “Австралски Острови”
- Malay: “Austral Islands”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Austral”
- Marathi: “ऑस्ट्रेलिया आईसलँडस”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Australes Kûn-tó”
- Northern Frisian: “Austral-Eilunen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Australøyene”
- Norwegian: “Australøyene”
- Oromo: “Austral Islands”
- Panjabi: “ਅਸਟ੍ਰਾਲ ਟਾਪੂ”
- Persian: “جزایر آسترل”
- Persian: “جزایر استرال”
- Polish: “Îles Australes”
- Portuguese: “Arquipélago das Austrais”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Australes”
- Pushto: “استرال جزیرې”
- Russian: “Тубуаи”
- Serbian: “Аустралска Острва”
- Serbian: “Острва Аустрал”
- Sinhala: “ඔස්ට්රල් දුපත්”
- Slovenian: “Južno otočje”
- Somali: “Austral Islands”
- Spanish: “Islas Australes”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Austral”
- Swedish: “Australöarna”
- Tahitian: “Tuha’a pae mā”
- Tajik: “Ҷазираҳои Austral”
- Tamil: “அஸ்ட்ரால் இஸ்லாண்ட்ஸ்”
- Tamil: “ஆஸ்திரால் தீவுகள்”
- Tatar: “Австрал аралдары”
- Telugu: “ఆస్ట్రల్ దీవులు”
- Thai: “ออสทรอล ไอซ์แลนด์”
- Turkish: “Austral adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Острови Тубуаї”
- Urdu: “اوسترال آئی لینڈ”
- Urdu: “جزائر آسٹرل”
- Uzbek: “Avstral orollari”
- Uzbek: “Tubuai”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Australes”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Australes”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Austral”
- Western Frisian: “Australeilannen”
- Western Mari: “Тубуаи”
- Western Panjabi: “جزائر آسٹرال”
- Wu Chinese: “南方群岛”
- Yue Chinese: “南方群島”
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