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Moturakina
Moturakina is an islet in Penrhyn Atoll (Tongareva) in the Cook Islands. It is in the middle of the southern rim of the atoll, between Atiati Atiati is an islet in Penrhyn Atoll (Tongareva) in the Cook Islands ) , image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , capital = Avarua , coordinates = ... and Atutahi. References Penrhyn atoll {{CookIslands-island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrhyn (atoll)
Penrhyn (also called Tongareva, Māngarongaro, Hararanga, and Te Pitaka) is an atoll in the Northern Cook Islands, northern group of the Cook Islands in the south Pacific Ocean. The northernmost island in the group, it is located at north-north-east of the capital island of Rarotonga, 9th parallel south, 9 degrees south of the equator. Its nearest neighbours are Rakahanga and Manihiki, approximately to the southwest. Once one of the most heavily populated atolls, it was almost completely depopulated by Peruvian slavers in 1864. Geography Penrhyn is a roughly circular coral atoll with a circumference of approximately , enclosing a lagoon with an area of . The atoll is atop the highest submarine volcano in the Cook Islands, rising from the ocean floor. The atoll is low-lying, with a maximum elevation of less than . The total land area is . The atoll rim consists of 18 major islets. Clockwise, from the Northwest, these are: * Tokerau (Penrhyn), Tokerau * Painko * Ruahara * Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atutahi (Penrhyn)
Atutahi is an islet in Penrhyn Atoll (Tongareva) in the Cook Islands. It is on the southern edge of the atoll, between Moturakina and Ahu a Miria. The island contains both a ''marae A ' (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan), ' (in Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies. In all these languages, the term a ...'', ''Te Rupe-tangi-rekareka'', and a stone ellipse.Hiroa (1932), p. 180-182. References Penrhyn atoll {{CookIslands-island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrhyn
Penryn is a Cornish word meaning 'headland' that may refer to: *Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, a town of about 7,000 on the Penryn River **Penryn railway station, a station on the Maritime Line between Truro and Falmouth Docks, and serves the town of Penryn, Cornwall **Penryn Campus is a university campus in Penryn, Cornwall *Penryn (UK Parliament constituency) a former constituency based on Penryn, Cornwall *Penryn RFC, an English and Cornish rugby union club based in the town of the same name *Penryn, California, in the United States, a town of 831, and home to a granite quarry *Penryn (microarchitecture), code name for a CPU core from Intel, used in Core 2 Duo *Penryn (microprocessor), code name for a microprocessor die from Intel, used in mobile Core 2 Duo Penrhyn is a Welsh word meaning 'headland' that may refer to: *Penrhyn, Anglesey, a village in Anglesey, North Wales *Baron Penrhyn, a title of peerage *Penrhyn Bay, a small town on the North Wales coast *Penrhyn Castle, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook Islands
) , image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , capital = Avarua , coordinates = , largest_city = Avarua , official_languages = , languages_type = Spoken languages , languages = , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2016 census , demonym = Cook Islander , government_type = , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = 's Representative , leader_name2 = Sir Tom Marsters , leader_title3 = Prime Minister , leader_name3 = Mark Brown , leader_title4 = President of the House of Ariki , leader_name4 = Tou Travel Ariki , legislature = Parliament , sovereignty_type = Associated state of New Zealand , established_event1 = Self-governance , established_date1 = 4 August 1965 , establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atiati
Atiati is an islet in Penrhyn Atoll (Tongareva) in the Cook Islands ) , image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , capital = Avarua , coordinates = , largest_city = Avarua , official_languages = , lan .... It marks the southwestern boundary of the atoll and is east of Mangarongaro. References Penrhyn atoll {{CookIslands-island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
