Pacific OceanCook Islands
10°26′S 160°59′W
Manihiki
Part of Northern Cook Islands
Manihiki is an atoll in the northern group of the Cook Islands known informally as the "Island of Pearls". It is located in the Northern Cook Island chain, approximately 1,299 kilometres (807 mi) north of the capital island of Rarotonga, making it one of the most remote inhabitations in the Pacific Ocean.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
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Overview
Manihiki is an atoll in the northern group of the Cook Islands known informally as the "Island of Pearls". It is located in the Northern Cook Island chain, approximately 1,299 kilometres (807 mi) north of the capital island of Rarotonga, making it one of the most remote inhabitations in the Pacific Ocean. Its name has two possible meanings: It is believed that the original name of the island was Manuhiki, or Manuhikitanga inspired by the aboriginal discoverers, Manu coming from the word Rua Manu (a kind of canoe) and Hiki meaning ashore, so the literal translation would be canoe carried ashore. The second interpretation is that the original discoverers were from Manihi, an island in Tuamotus, so the name of the island would mean Little Manihi.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands2
- Islets1
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Hohake Rahi
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 19 m
Minor islands
Fifinui
- Area
- —
size unknown
Motu Hakamaru
- Area
- —
- High point
- 22 m
size unknown
Islets
- Haratini21 m · 0.05 km²
Figures
Comparative heights
- Motu Hakamaru: 22 m
- Haratini: 21 m
- Hohake Rahi: 19 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
Photographs
View of the Cook Islands taken during ISS Expedition 45.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
Astronaut image of Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands
NASA Johnson Space Center - Earth Sciences and Image Analysis (NASA-JSC-ES&IA) / Public domain
Tukao Church in Manihiki, 1886. From the album: Views in the Pacific Islands, 1886, Manihiki, by Thomas Andrew. Te Papa (O.037810)
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands (ISS045-E-837). Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
- Manihiki Aerial. Unknown author / Public domain
- Manihiki from ISS 2015 rotated. NASA: Expedition 45 crew, ISS / Public domain
- Manihiki from eol-jsc-NASA-gov. NASA Johnson Space Center - Earth Sciences and Image Analysis (NASA-JSC-ES&IA) / Public domain
- MA I296523 TePapa Church-Tukao-Manihiki full. Thomas Andrew (d. 1939) / Public domain