Rapa (French Polynesia)
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Name (Hebrew)
ראפה (פולינזיה הצרפתית)
Name (Latin)
Rapa (French Polynesia)
Other forms of name
nne Rapa (Tubuai Islands)
Rapa Island (French Polynesia)
Rapa Iti (French Polynesia)
Coordinates
-144.3333333 -144.3333333 -27.58333333 -27.58333333 (gooearth )
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Islands French Polynesia
See Also From tracing place name
Austral Islands (French Polynesia)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q114832
Library of congress:
sh 93003289
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Randall, J.E. Report on fish collections from Rapa, French Polynesia, 1990(island of Rapa, lying at 27⁰36ʹS, 144⁰18ʹW, is the most southern island of French Polynesia ... has been called Rapa Iti (Little Rapa) to distinguish it from Easter Island, the Polynesian name of which is Rapa Nui (Big Rapa))
- Web. geog.(island at SE end of chain of Tubuai Is., French Polynesia, S Pacific Ocean, 27⁰36ʹS lat. and 144⁰20ʹW long.)
- Lippincott(Rapa or Rapa Iti)
Wikipedia description:
Rapa, also called Rapa Iti, or "Little Rapa", to distinguish it from Easter Island, whose Polynesian name is Rapa Nui, is the largest and only inhabited island of the Bass Islands in French Polynesia. An older name for the island is Oparo. The total land area including offshore islets is 40.5 km2 (15.6 sq mi).: 205 As of the 2022 census, Rapa had a population of 451. The island's highest point is at 650 metres (2,130 ft) elevation at Mont Perahu.: 243 Its main town is Ahuréi. The inhabitants of Rapa Iti speak their own Polynesian language called the Rapa language.
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