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Makatea Island. It belongs to the Palliser Group, in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Famous for being one of the only three phosphate rocks on the Pacific. Phosphate mining ceased in 1966. Population 94.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makatea
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 15°50'20"S 148°15'6"W
- Tikehau Atoll 104 km
- Rangiroa Atoll 108 km
- Kaukura Atoll 148 km
- Arutua Atoll 162 km
- Apataki Atoll 202 km
- Tahiti 235 km
- Ahe Atoll 254 km
- Moorea 254 km
- Raiatea 360 km
- Taha'a 365 km
- Moumu (Site) 0.9 km
- Former Phosphate Mining 0.9 km
- Vaitepaua (Ghost town site) 2.5 km
- Temao Port 3.2 km
- Abandoned Cantilever Pier 3.3 km
- Boat Landing / Harbor 3.3 km