Napuka
Sign in to saveNapuka, or Pukaroa, is a small coral atoll in the Disappointment Islands, in the northeastern part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located only 15 km to the southeast of Tepoto Nord, its nearest neighbor, forming a small group. These two atolls are quite isolated, the nearest land being Fangatau Atoll 170 km to the south.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 121 inbound references to Napuka, and connects out to Tepoto, France and Pacific Ocean.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle_region, across 6 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Atolls of the Tuamotus and Communes of French Polynesia.
Vinony links it to 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Napuka
- Islands.image_name
- Napuka2.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Napuka Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 18
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 10.5
- Islands.width_km
- 4
- 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
- Napuka
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Tepukamaruia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- atoll
- Part of
- Disappointment Islands
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Napuka
- Population
- 271
- Area
- 18
- Elevation
- 7
- Time zone
- UTC−10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Eiland in de Tuamotu archipel.png
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- Commons category
- Napuka
- native label
- Napuka
- time of discovery or invention
- 1765-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Administration
- References
- External links
Napuka, or Pukaroa, is a small coral atoll in the Disappointment Islands, in the northeastern part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located only 15 km to the southeast of Tepoto Nord, its nearest neighbor, forming a small group. These two atolls are quite isolated, the nearest land being Fangatau Atoll 170 km to the south.
Napuka Atoll is 10.5 km long and about 4 km wide. Its reef is quite broad, completely enclosing the lagoon. The total dry land area of the thirty islands on Napuka's reef is 8 km2. The surface of the lagoon is 18 km2.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Napuka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
6 mapped locations