Nihiru
Sign in to saveNihiru, or Niukia, is one of the Tuamotu atolls in French Polynesia. It is a relatively small atoll located 49 km to the east of Makemo Atoll and 30 km northeast of Marutea Atoll.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Nihiru
- Islands.image_name
- Nihiru2.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Nihiru Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 79
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 14
- Islands.width_km
- 10.5
- 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
- Makemo
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Tuamotus
- Islands.population
- 11
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- atoll
- Part of
- Tuamotus
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Makemo
- Area
- 6.7
- Time zone
- UTC−10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Nihiru2.jpg
- Width
- 105
- Length
- 14
Show 3 more facts
- located in/on physical feature
- Tuamotus
- Commons category
- Nihiru
- time of discovery or invention
- 1820-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- References
- External links
Nihiru, or Niukia, is one of the Tuamotu atolls in French Polynesia. It is a relatively small atoll located 49 km to the east of Makemo Atoll and 30 km northeast of Marutea Atoll.
Nihiru Atoll is roughly triangular in shape. It measures 14 km in length with a maximum width of 10.5 km. Its lagoon has an area of 79 km2.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nihiru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations