Makatea Island (English spelling)

Japanese: マカテア[島](英語表記)Île Makatea
Makatea Island (English spelling)
An uplifted coral island in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, South Pacific. 8km long, 3km wide, 21km2 in area, population about 70. With an average elevation of 70m, the island is basin-like and hollowed out in the middle, with an uneven, severely eroded surface, and the thin clay soil is water-starved. Drought-tolerant plants dominate, but some edible plants are also cultivated. Along with Nauru and Ocean Island, it was once a source of phosphate rock, but it was depleted and mining ceased in 1966. [Ishikawa Eikichi] [Yano Masaru]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
南太平洋のフランス領ポリネシア,トゥアモトゥ諸島中の隆起サンゴ礁の島。長さ8km,幅3km,面積21km2,人口約70。平均標高70mで,盆のように中央部がくぼんでおり,地表は凹凸のはげしい浸食面をなし,薄い粘土質土壌には水が欠乏している。耐乾性植物が支配的であるが,若干の食用植物も栽培されている。ナウル,オーシャン島と並ぶリン鉱石の産地であったが,取り尽くされて1966年に採掘が中止された。【石川 栄吉】【矢野 将】

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