Makatea Island
Geography
Makatea is a raised coral atoll and it is part of
Palliser group in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is 7.5 km long and 7 km wide.
Makatea is everywhere bordered by cliffs, with short stretches of white sandy
beach one the west and on the east sides.
Other names: Mangaia-te-vai-tamae, Aurora, Papa Tea ("white
rock").
Location: 15°51′S 148°15′W; 79 km southwest from Rangiroa.
Area: 24 km²
Highest point: 110 m (Puutiare)
Population: 68 (2012)
Largest settlement: Moumu
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History
1606 – Makatea was probably sighted by a Spanish
expedition led by Pedro Fernandes de Queirós. The island was named Sagitario.
1722 – A Dutch mariner Jakob Roggeveen visited the island.
He named it Aurora.
1917
– 1964 - Phosphate
mining. During that period the island was more populated than is today (for
example in 1936 there were 992 people). There are two abandoned towns on the
island that were inhabited during the phosphate period: Vaitepaua and Temao.
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| Makatea - Temao |
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Source:
Pacific Islands Volume II Eastern Pacific Naval
Intelligence Division 1943
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