Rarotonga
Rarotonga is the largest and by far the most populated of the Cook Islands, and is known as 'Raro'. It is the easiest to get to, with direct international flights from several countries, and has the most attractions and accommodation of the islands.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Te Manga and Ikurangi.
Te Manga
Peak
Ikurangi
Peak
Ikurangi is one of the four major peaks of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. It has an elevation of 485 metres above sea level and overlooks the capital Avarua and the village of Matavera.
Te Rua Manga
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avarua and Matavera.
Avarua
Town
Matavera
Town
Matavera is a district on the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, located in the northeast of the island. The smallest of Rarotonga's five districts by area, it is subdivided into five tapere and has a relatively high population density.
Arorangi
Village
Rarotonga
- Type: island with 13,000 residents
- Description: island of the Cook Islands
- Category: volcanic island
- Location: Southern Cook Islands, Cook Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-21.2327° or 21° 13′ 58″ south
Longitude
-159.7725° or 159° 46′ 21″ west
Population
13,000
Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)
Open location code
53C2Q68H+W2
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Rarotonga from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Rarotonga” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “راروتونغا”
- Armenian: “Ռարոտոնգա”
- Basque: “Rarotonga”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Раратонга”
- Belarusian: “Раратонга”
- Bengali: “রারোটোঙ্গা”
- Bulgarian: “Раротонга”
- Catalan: “Rarotonga”
- Cebuano: “Rarotonga”
- Chinese: “拉罗汤加”
- Chinese: “拉罗汤加岛”
- Chinese: “拉羅東加島”
- Chinese: “拉羅湯加”
- Chinese: “拉羅湯加島”
- Croatian: “Rarotonga”
- Czech: “Rarotonga”
- Danish: “Rarotonga”
- Dutch: “Rarotonga”
- Esperanto: “Rarotonga”
- Estonian: “Rarotonga”
- Fiji Hindi: “Rarotonga”
- Finnish: “Ara Tapu”
- Finnish: “Rarotonga”
- French: “Rarotonga”
- Galician: “Illa de Rarotonga”
- Galician: “Rarotonga”
- German: “Rarotonga”
- Greek: “Ραροτόνγκα”
- Gujarati: “રારોટોંગા”
- Hebrew: “ררוטונגה”
- Hindi: “रैरोटोंगा”
- Hungarian: “Rarotonga”
- Indonesian: “Rarotonga”
- Italian: “Rarotonga”
- Japanese: “ラロトンガ島”
- Kannada: “ರರೋಟೊಂಗ”
- Korean: “라로통가섬”
- Latin: “Rarotonga”
- Latvian: “Rarotonga”
- Lithuanian: “Rarotonga”
- Malay: “Rarotonga”
- Marathi: “रारोटोंगा”
- Northern Frisian: “Rarotonga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rarotonga”
- Norwegian: “Rarotonga”
- Persian: “راروتونگا”
- Polish: “Rarotonga”
- Portuguese: “Rarotonga”
- Romanian: “Rarotonga”
- Russian: “Раротонга”
- Serbian: “Rarotonga”
- Serbian: “Раротонга”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rarotonga”
- Sinhala: “රරොටෝන්ගා”
- Sinhala: “රාරොටොංගා”
- Slovak: “Rarotonga”
- Slovenian: “Rarotonga”
- Spanish: “Rarotonga”
- Swedish: “Rarotonga”
- Tamil: “றாரொடோங்கா”
- Telugu: “రారోటోంగా”
- Thai: “เกาะราโรโตงา”
- Thai: “ราโรโตงา”
- Turkish: “Rarotonga”
- Ukrainian: “Раротонга”
- Urdu: “راروتونجا”
- Urdu: “راروٹونگا”
- Vietnamese: “Rarotonga”
- Wallisian: “Lalotoga”
- Yue Chinese: “拉羅湯加”
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