Marokau
Sign in to saveMarokau is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It lies 53 km southeast of Hikueru Atoll and it is separated by a 2 km wide sound from Ravahere, its closest neighbor in the south.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Marokau
- Islands.image_name
- Marokau.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Marokau Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 215.6
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 22
- Islands.country
- France
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Overseas collectivity
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- French Polynesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Commune
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Hikueru
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Vaiori
- Islands.population
- 91
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 215.6
- Image
- Marokau.JPG
- Length
- 22
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1768-00-00
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Marokau is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It lies 53 km southeast of Hikueru Atoll and it is separated by a 2 km wide sound from Ravahere, its closest neighbor in the south.
Marokau and Ravahere form a minor subgroup of the Tuamotus known as the Two Groups Islands.
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2 mapped locations
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