Motu One

Motu One is the name of a small sandbank with no vegetation, located on the western edge of a coral reef; the only atoll in the . The reef is approximately 5 kilometres in diameter, and the islet has a surface area of less than one hectare, rising only a few feet above sea level and changing shape regularly as the action of the currents deposits and removes sand.

Motu One

Latitude
-7.86083° or 7° 51′ 39″ south
Longitude
-140.37765° or 140° 22′ 40″ west
Open location code
634X4JQC+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22387972
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Wiki­data ID
Q1272625
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Mari—“Motu One” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: islla Motu One
  • Asturian: Islla Motu One
  • Asturian: Motu One
  • Catalan: Motu One
  • Chinese: 莫图奥内岛
  • Dutch: Motu One (Marquesas)
  • Dutch: Motu One
  • Esperanto: Motu One
  • Finnish: Motu One
  • French: Motu One
  • Galician: Illa Motu One
  • German: Motu One
  • Hebrew: מוטו ואן
  • Italian: Motu One
  • Japanese: モツ・オネ島
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Motu One (Marquesasøyene)
  • Norwegian: Motu One
  • Polish: Motu One
  • Russian: Моту-Оне
  • Spanish: Motu One
  • Tahitian: Motu One
  • Western Mari: Моту-Оне

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