Marakei

Marakei is an island in . Marakei Island is unique among the islands in the Gilbert Group for being the island with a deep blue lagoon located in the middle of it.
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Marakei

Latitude
2.0108° or 2° 0′ 39″ north
Longitude
173.2764° or 173° 16′ 35″ east
Population
2,740
United Nations Location Code
KI MZK
Open location code
6VJM276G+8G
Geo­Names ID
7521599
Wiki­data ID
Q909758
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Marakei” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: Маракеи
  • Cebuano: Marakei
  • Chinese: 馬拉凱環礁
  • Chinese: 马拉凯环礁
  • Croatian: Marakei
  • Dutch: Marakei
  • Egyptian Arabic: ماراكى
  • Estonian: Marakei
  • Finnish: Marakei
  • French: Marakei
  • Galician: Atol Marakei
  • Galician: Marakei
  • German: Marakei
  • German: Maraki
  • German: Metthew Island
  • Greek: Μαρακέι
  • Hebrew: מאראקיי
  • Italian: Marakei
  • Japanese: ニクナウ
  • Japanese: マラケイ
  • Korean: 마라케이 섬
  • Korean: 마라케이
  • Lithuanian: Marakei
  • Macedonian: Маракеј
  • Persian: ماراکی
  • Polish: Marakei
  • Portuguese: Marakei
  • Russian: Маракеи
  • Spanish: Marakei
  • Swedish: Marakei
  • Swedish: Marakeiatollen
  • Turkish: Marakei
  • Ukrainian: Маракеї

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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 “Marakei”. Photo: Edvac, CC BY-SA 3.0.