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Minerva Reefs

The North and South Minerva Reefs are two submerged atolls between and to the north, and to the south.
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  • Type: atoll
  • Description: two submerged atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, claimed by Fiji and Tonga
  • Also known as: “Minerva Reef”

Minerva Reefs

Latitude of center
-23.6333° or 23° 37′ 60″ south
Longitude of center
-178.9125° or 178° 54′ 45″ west
Wiki­data ID
Q1138750
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Satellite Map

Discover Minerva Reefs from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tonga—“Minerva Reefs” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شعاب مينيرفا”
  • Catalan: “esculls Minerva”
  • Catalan: “Esculls Minerva”
  • Catalan: “República de Minerva”
  • Cebuano: “Minerva Reefs”
  • Chinese: “密涅瓦环礁”
  • Chinese: “密涅瓦環礁”
  • Czech: “Útesy Minerva”
  • Finnish: “Minerva Reefs”
  • Finnish: “Minerva-riutta”
  • Finnish: “Minervan tasavalta”
  • French: “Minerva”
  • French: “Récifs de Minerva”
  • Galician: “Arrecifes Minerva”
  • German: “Minerva Reefs”
  • German: “Minerva-Riffe”
  • German: “Nicholson´s Shoal”
  • German: “Ongo Teleki”
  • Greek: “Ύφαλοι Μινέρβα”
  • Indonesian: “Karang Minerva”
  • Italian: “Minerva”
  • Japanese: “ミネルバ・リーフ”
  • Japanese: “ミネルバ環礁”
  • Korean: “미네르바 환초”
  • Lithuanian: “Minervos rifai”
  • Lithuanian: “Minervos rifas”
  • Persian: “جمهوری مینروا”
  • Portuguese: “Recifes Minerva”
  • Russian: “Минерва (риф)”
  • Russian: “Минерва”
  • Spanish: “Arrecifes de Minerva”
  • Spanish: “Arrecifes Minerva”
  • Spanish: “Minerva”
  • Swedish: “Minervareven”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐมิเนอร์วา”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Ongo Teleki”

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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 “Minerva Reefs”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.