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Makaroa is an island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia, 8.5 km south of Mangareva within the same lagoon. Makaroa is about in length and has a small rocky islet off its NW point.

Key facts

Islands.name
Makaroa
Islands.image_name
Makaroa.jpg
Islands.image_caption
View of Makaroa Island
Islands.map
French Polynesia
Islands.location
Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago
Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2
0.2
Islands.length_km
1.3
Islands.highest_mount
(unnamed)
Islands.elevation_m
138
Islands.country
France
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
Overseas collectivity
Islands.country_admin_divisions
French Polynesia
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
Commune
Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
Gambier
Islands.population
Uninhabited

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
island
Country
France
Population
0
Area
0.2
Time zone
UTC−10:00
Body of water
Pacific Ocean
Image
Makaroa.jpg
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Commons category
Makaroa
located in/on physical feature
Gambier Islands
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Encyclopedic overview

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Makaroa is an island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia, 8.5 km south of Mangareva within the same lagoon. Makaroa is about in length and has a small rocky islet off its NW point.

Makaroa is uninhabited. It is a jagged and barren island with a maximum height of 138 m. to the SSE lies Kamaka Island.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Makaroa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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