Makaroa

Island in French Polynesia

Makaroa

View of Makaroa Island

Makaroa

Geography
Location| Pacific Ocean
Coordinates| 23°13′08″S 134°58′16″W﻿ / ﻿23.21889°S 134.97111°W﻿ / -23.21889; -134.97111
Archipelago| Tuamotus
Area| 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi)
Length| 1.3 km (0.81 mi)
Highest elevation| 138 m (453 ft)
Highest point| (unnamed)
Administration

France

Overseas collectivity| French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision| Tuamotus
Commune| Gambier Islands
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited[1] (2012)

Makaroa is an island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia, 8.5 km south of Mangareva within the same lagoon. Makaroa is about 1.3 km (1 mi) 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. 1.8 km (1 mi) to the SSE lies Kamaka Island.[2]

In 2015 a conservation campaign resulted in the eradication of rats from the island.[3]

## References[edit]

* Islands portal

1. ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
2. ^ David Stanley, Tahiti-Polynesia handbook
3. ^ "Deux ans après, la dératisation des Actéon-Gambier est un succès" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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