Kaoa (
Rarotongan: ''kāoa'', literally meaning 'coral rock in the lagoon') is a term used in three
atolls of the
Cook Islands for small coral rocky outcrops that are the base for
pearl farming.
The three atolls, with their respective Kaoa areas, are:
*
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 to ...
(15.0 km
2)
*
Manihiki (5.0 km
2)
*
Rakahanga (1.6 km
2)
References
Atolls of the Cook Islands
Manihiki
Rakahanga
Penrhyn atoll
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