Rangiroa
Sign in to saveRangiroa (Tuamotuan for 'vast sky') or Te Kokōta (Cook Islands Māori for 'the Hyades star cluster') is the largest atoll in the Tuamotus and one of the largest in the world (smaller than Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and Huvadhu in the Maldives).
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Rangiroa
- Islands.image_name
- Rangiroa STS51I-31-25.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Rangiroa Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.total_islands
- 415
- Islands.area_km2
- 1446
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 80
- Islands.width_km
- 32
- Islands.highest_mount
- (unnamed)
- Islands.elevation_m
- 12
- Islands.country
- French Republic
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- Overseas collectivity
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Commune
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Rangiroa
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
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Rangiroa (Tuamotuan for 'vast sky') or Te Kokōta (Cook Islands Māori for 'the Hyades star cluster') is the largest atoll in the Tuamotus and one of the largest in the world (smaller than Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and Huvadhu in the Maldives).
It is in French Polynesia and is part of the Palliser group. The nearest atoll is Tikehau, to the west. It is about northeast of Tahiti. Rangiroa is home to about 2,500 people on almost . The chief town is Avatoru, in the atoll's northwest.