Maupiti

Maupiti is an island in the western in . It is the westernmost volcanic island in the archipelago, 315 kilometres northwest of and 40 kilometres west of .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in French Polynesia
  • Also known as: Maupiti Island”, “Maurua”, and “San Antonio
  • Historically known as: Marua Island

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maupiti Airport.

Aerodrome
is an on Maupiti, one of the in . The airport is 2 kilometres north of the village.

Maupiti

Latitude
-16.4443° or 16° 26′ 39″ south
Longitude
-152.259° or 152° 15′ 32″ west
Population
1,230
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
IATA airport code
MAU
Open location code
53M9HP4R+7C
Geo­Names ID
4034203
Wiki­data ID
Q836283
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Satellite Map

Discover Maupiti from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Maupiti” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Maupiti
  • Arabic: ماوبيتي
  • Basque: Maupiti
  • Belarusian: Маўпіці
  • Cajun French: Maupiti
  • Catalan: Maupiti
  • Cebuano: Maupiti
  • Chinese: 莫皮蒂岛
  • Chinese: 莫皮蒂島
  • Danish: Maupiti
  • Dutch: Maupiti
  • Egyptian Arabic: ماوبيتى
  • Esperanto: Maupiti
  • Estonian: Maupiti
  • Extremaduran: Maupiti
  • Finnish: Maupiti
  • French: Île Maupiti
  • French: Maupiti
  • Galician: Illa Maupiti
  • Galician: Maupiti
  • German: Maupiti
  • Hebrew: מאופיטי
  • Hungarian: Maupiti
  • Italian: Maupiti
  • Japanese: マウピティ島
  • Japanese: マウピティ環礁
  • Latvian: Maupiti
  • Lithuanian: Maupiti
  • Lithuanian: Maupitis
  • Macedonian: Маупити
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Maupiti
  • Norwegian: Maupiti
  • Persian: مائوپیتی
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Maupiti
  • Polish: Maupiti
  • Portuguese: Maupiti
  • Russian: Маупити
  • Spanish: Maupiti
  • Swedish: Maupiti
  • Tahitian: Maupiti
  • Ukrainian: Маупіті
  • Venetian: Maupiti

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