Mitiaro
Mitiaro | ||
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Mitiaro satellite image | ||
Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
Archipelago | Cook Islands | |
Geographical location | 19 ° 52 '10 " S , 157 ° 42' 12" W | |
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length | 6.4 km | |
width | 6 km | |
surface | 22.25 km² | |
Highest elevation | 11 m | |
Residents | 219 (2006) 9.8 inhabitants / km² |
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main place | Arai | |
Map of Mitiaro |
Mitiaro , also known as Nukuroa , is the fourth largest in the southern Cook Islands .
It is located about 37 km northeast of Mauke , which together with Mitiaro and Atiu forms the Nga Pu Toru archipelago (about The Three Roots ) within the South Islands. Mitiaro is a typical upscale atoll with a ring of dead coral that is characteristic of the South Islands. The interior of the island is largely flat and has two brackish water lakes, Rotonui and Rotoiti . Mitiaro has a diameter of 6.4 km, an area of about 22 km² and had 219 inhabitants at the last official census (2006), who mainly live in the settlements of Takaue and Arai.
There are four villages, before there was a fifth, in close proximity on the western side of the island, from north to south:
- Taurangi (former village)
- Arai (also Atai)
- Auta
- Mangarei
- Takaue
Mitiaro alone is not subdivided into traditional tapere among the inhabited upscale atolls of the southern Cook Islands .
Mitiaro does not have a port, but has an airport, Mitiaro or Nukuroa Airport ( IATA code : MOI, ICAO code : NCMR), which is only served by Air Rarotonga .
The main export products Mitiaros are Itiki, an endemic eels , and Tiporo a Limettenart ; however, the residents mostly live from tourism or as self-sufficiency .
The first European on Mitiaro was the missionary John Williams , who visited the island on July 20, 1823 with the Endeavor (not to be confused with James Cook 's ship of the same name).
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- evs-islands.com (English)
- Mitiaro soil map