where is nauru located
Nauru is a tiny phosphate rock island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean south of the Marshall Islands in Oceania.It is only 53 kilometres (33 mi) south of the Equator at coordinates 0Â°32â²S 166Â°55â²Eï»¿ / ï»¿0.533Â°S 166.917Â°Eï»¿ / -0.533; 166.917.auru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean â the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia. Its land area is 21 km 2 (8.1 sq mi), and it has a 30-kilometre coastline (19 mi).