French Polynesia
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Rangiroa

Rangiroa is an island in the archipelago in . It is the second largest atoll in the world.
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  • Type: Locality with 2,570 residents
  • Description: island in French Polynesia
  • Also known as: “Goede Verwachting”, “Hyades”, “Île Deans”, “Île Vlieghen”, “Nairsa”, “Rahiroa”, “Rahiroa Island”, “Rangiroa Atoll”, and “Vliegen”
  • Historically known as: “Dean’s Island” and “Deans Island”

Rangiroa

Latitude
-15.1208° or 15° 7′ 15″ south
Longitude
-147.5773° or 147° 34′ 38″ west
Population
2,570
IATA airport code
RGI
Open­Street­Map ID
way 139157465
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­atoll
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­atoll
Geo­Names ID
4033737
Wiki­data ID
Q757399
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Rangiroa” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Rangiroa”
  • Bulgarian: “Рангироа”
  • Catalan: “Rangiroa”
  • Cebuano: “Atoll Rangiroa”
  • Chinese: “朗伊罗阿环礁”
  • Chinese: “朗伊羅阿環礁”
  • Czech: “Rangiroa”
  • Danish: “Rangiroa”
  • Dutch: “Rangiroa”
  • Esperanto: “Rangiroa”
  • Finnish: “Rangiroa”
  • French: “Atoll Rangiroa”
  • French: “Rairoa”
  • French: “Rangiroa”
  • Galician: “Atol Rangiroa”
  • Galician: “Rangiroa”
  • German: “Rangiroa”
  • Hungarian: “Rangiroa”
  • Italian: “Rangiroa”
  • Japanese: “ランギロア島”
  • Japanese: “ランギロア環礁”
  • Korean: “랑이로아 환초”
  • Latvian: “Raniroa”
  • Lithuanian: “Rangiroa komuna”
  • Lithuanian: “Rangiroa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rangiroa”
  • Norwegian: “Rangiroa”
  • Polish: “Rangiroa”
  • Portuguese: “Rangiroa”
  • Russian: “Рангироа”
  • Slovak: “Rangiroa”
  • Spanish: “Ragiroa”
  • Spanish: “Rangiroa”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Rangiroa”
  • Swahili: “Rangiroa”
  • Swedish: “Rangiroa”
  • Tahitian: “Rangiroa”
  • Ukrainian: “Рангіроа”
  • Western Mari: “Рангироа”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Rangiroa”. Photo: DANIEL JULIE, CC BY 2.0.