Aranuka
Aranuka, formerly known as Ananuka, is an island in Kiribati. It is unique for its natural beauty as well as being the only island in Kiribati and quite possibly the Pacific region to have tall mangrove trees with heights of more than 15 meters.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Buariki
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Buariki is the largest island in the Aranuka atoll of the Gilbert Islands in the Republic of Kiribati.
Aranuka Airport
Aranuka Airport is an airport, located approximately one kilometre north of the centre of Buariki village on the island of Buariki, Aranuka, Kiribati.The airport is served twice a week by Air Kiribati from Kuria Airport on Kuria.Aranuka
- Type: island with 1,160 residents
- Description: island
- Location: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
0.1643° or 0° 9' 51" northLongitude
173.6058° or 173° 36' 21" eastPopulation
1,160United Nations Location Code
KI AAKOpen Location Code
6VGM5J74+P8GeoNames ID
7521583Wikidata ID
Q626095Aranuka Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Արանուկա
- Azerbaijani: Aranuka adası
- Cebuano: Aranuka
- Chinese: 阿拉努卡環礁
- Chinese: 阿拉魯卡環礁
- Croatian: Aranuka
- Dutch: Aranuka
- Egyptian Arabic: ارانوكا
- Estonian: Aranuka
- Estonian: Aranuka atoll
- Finnish: Aranuka
- French: Aranuka
- Galician: Aranuka
- Galician: Atol Aranuka
- German: Aranuka
- German: Aranuka-Atoll
- German: Aranuka-Inseln
- German: Henderville
- German: Nonouki
- German: Starbuck
- Greek: Αρανούκα
- Hebrew: אראנוקה
- Italian: Aranuka
- Japanese: アラヌカ
- Japanese: アラヌーカ環礁
- Korean: 아라누카
- Korean: 아라누카 섬
- Macedonian: Аранука
- Persian: آرانوکا
- Polish: Aranuka
- Portuguese: Aranuka
- Russian: Аранука
- Spanish: Aranuka
- Swedish: Aranuka
- Swedish: Aranukaatollen
- Swedish: Henderville Island
- Swedish: Nonouki
- Turkish: Aranuka
- Zeeuws: Aranuka
Other Places Named Aranuka
In the Area
- Kuria
- Abemama
- Kabangaki VillageVillage, 40 km northeast
- ManokuVillage, 42 km northeast
- TebangaVillage, 42 km northeast
- Tabiang VillageVillage, 44 km northeast
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Aranuka. Photo: NASA, Public domain.