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…Photo: Avatea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Rapa
Rapa is a remote atoll in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia with a population of about 500. It is also known as Rapa Iti or Oparo. It is not to be confused with Rapa Nui.Austral Islands
- Type: Archipelago
- Description: archipelago in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Circonscription administrative des Îles Australes”
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-24.8851° or 24° 53′ 7″ southLongitude
-149.1033° or 149° 6′ 12″ westPopulation
6,310Elevation
165 metres (541 feet)Open location code
537G4V7W+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4075718261OpenStreetMap feature
place=archipelagoGeoNames ID
4034366Wikidata ID
Q930426
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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”
- Basque: “Tubuai uharteak”
- Belarusian: “Астравы Тубуаі”
- Belarusian: “Тубуаі”
- Bengali: “অস্ট্রাল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Bulgarian: “Австралски острови”
- Bulgarian: “Тубуай”
- Catalan: “Australs”
- Catalan: “illes Australs”
- Catalan: “Illes Australs”
- Catalan: “Illes Tubuai”
- Chinese: “Australes Kûn-tó”
- Chinese: “南方群岛”
- Chinese: “南方群島”
- Croatian: “Tubuai”
- Czech: “Jižní ostrovy”
- Czech: “Jižní souostroví”
- Danish: “Australøerne”
- Dutch: “Australeilanden”
- Dutch: “Tubuai-eilanden”
- Esperanto: “Aŭstralaj Insuloj”
- Finnish: “Austral-saaret”
- Finnish: “Australsaaret”
- Finnish: “Tubuai-saaret”
- Finnish: “Tubuaisaaret”
- French: “Archipel des Australes”
- French: “Australes”
- French: “Îles Australes or Archipel des Australes”
- French: “Iles Australes”
- French: “îles Australes”
- French: “Îles Australes”
- French: “Îles Tubuai”
- French: “Îles Tubuaï”
- French: “L’archipel des Australes”
- Galician: “Illas Austrais”
- Georgian: “ტუბუაი”
- German: “Austral-Inseln”
- German: “Australinseln”
- German: “Bassinseln”
- German: “Iles Australes”
- German: “Îles Australes”
- German: “Tubuai-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”
- Japanese: “トゥブアイ諸島”
- 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 Bokmål: “Bassøyene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tubuaiøyene”
- Norwegian: “Australøyene”
- Oromo: “Austral Islands”
- Panjabi: “ਅਸਟ੍ਰਾਲ ਟਾਪੂ”
- Persian: “جزایر آسترل”
- Persian: “جزایر استرال”
- Polish: “Îles Australes”
- Portuguese: “Arquipélago das Austrais”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Austrais”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Australes”
- Pushto: “استرال جزیرې”
- Russian: “Острова Острал”
- Russian: “Тубуаи”
- Serbian: “Аустралска Острва”
- Serbian: “Острва Аустрал”
- Sinhala: “ඔස්ට්රල් දුපත්”
- Slovenian: “Južno otočje”
- Slovenian: “otočje Tubuai”
- Slovenian: “Otočje Tubuai”
- Somali: “Austral Islands”
- Spanish: “Islas Australes”
- Spanish: “Islas Tubuai”
- 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 Острал”
- Ukrainian: “Острови Тубуаї”
- Ukrainian: “Тубуаї”
- Urdu: “اوسترال آئی لینڈ”
- Urdu: “جزائر آسٹرل”
- Uzbek: “Avstral orollari”
- Uzbek: “Tubuai”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Austral”
- 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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