Taenga Atoll

Taenga Atoll

Geography

Taenga is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is 27 km long and 11 km wide.

Other names: Taunga-hara, Holts

Location: 16°21′S 143°07′W. It is located 32 km to the northeast of Makemo Atoll and 27 km to the northwest of Nihiru Atoll.

Area: 20 km² (land) and 140 km² (lagoon)

Population: 124 (2012)

Largest settlement: Henuparea

Map of Taenga Atoll

Taenga Atoll

History

10 March 1803 - John Buyers discovered the atoll for Europe. He named it Holts Island.

1820 – The atoll was rediscovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.

1845 – Inhabitants of the atoll became Mormons.

Taenga Atoll

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taenga

http://gaste.free.fr/aquatiki2/taenga.htm

Raroia Atoll

Raroia Atoll

Geography

Raroia is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is 43 km long and 14 km wide.

Other names: Raro-nuku, Barclay

Location: 16°01′S 142°26′W. The atoll is located 740 km northeast of Tahiti and 6 km southwest of Takume.

Area: 41 km² (land) and 359 km² (lagoon)

Population: 233 (2012)

Largest settlement: Garumaoa

Map of Raroia

Raroia Atoll

History

14 February 1606 - Pedro Fernandes de Queirós was the first European to see the atoll.

1820 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen sighted the atoll. He called the atoll Barclay de Tolly.

26 December 1840 - Charles Wilkes visited the atoll.

1947 - Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki raft arrived in Raroia after its 101-day journey from South America.

April 2006 - Raroia Airport began serving the air transportation.

Raroia Atoll

Raroia Atoll

Raroia Atoll

Raroia Atoll

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raroia

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Raroia

Takume Atoll

Takume Atoll

Geography

Takume is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is 24 km long and 5 km wide. Takume has many small motus (coral islets) on its reef; most are located on its eastern fringes.

Other names: Pukamaru, Wolkonsky

Location: 15°48′S 142°12′W. The atoll is located 6 km northeast of Raroia and 128 kilometres to the west of Fangatau.

Area: 5 km² (land) and 43.5 km² (lagoon)

Population: 116 (2012)

Largest settlement: Ohomo

Map of Takume

Takume Atoll

History

Takume and Raroia were called Napaite, "the Twins" (ite, two), by the ancient Paumotu people.

February 1606 - Pedro Fernández de Quirós was probably the first European to arrive to the atoll.

1820 – Takume atoll was visited by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. He named it  Wolkonsky Atoll.

1996 - Takume Airport was inaugurated.

Takume Atoll

Takume Atoll

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takume

https://mapio.net/a/114567064/?lang=en

Haraiki Atoll

Haraiki Atoll

Geography

Haraiki is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is 7 km long and 5 km wide. There are three islets on its reef.

Other names: San Quintín, Croker

Location: 17°28′S 143°28′W. It is located 42 km southwest of Marutea Nord.

Area: 4 km² (land) and 10.4 km² (lagoon)

Population: Uninhabited.

Map of Haraiki Atoll

Haraiki Atoll

History

1768 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville discovered the atoll for Europe.

31 October 1772 - Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea sighted the atoll. He named this atoll San Quintín.

6 March 1826 – The atoll was visited by Frederick William Beechey, who named the atoll Crocker Island.

30 March 1837 – The atoll was visited by Edward Belcher

February 1906 – A strong cyclone destroyed all the vegetation on the atoll.

Haraiki Atoll

Sources:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haraiki

https://mapio.net/a/114566994/?lang=en

Motutunga Atoll

Motutunga Atoll

Geography

Motutunga is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is 15 km long and 14 km wide.

Another name: Adventure

Location: 17°04′S 144°17′W. It is located 17 km to the east of Tahanea Atoll.

Area: 1.4 km² (land) and 126 km² (lagoon)

Population: Uninhabited.

Map of Motutunga Atoll

Motutunga Atoll

History

13 August 1773 – The atoll was sighted by James Cook. He named it Adventure, after the name of his own ship.

9 November 1774 – The atoll was sighted by Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea.

Motutunga Atoll

Sources

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motutunga

http://gaia.merveille.free.fr/nature/oceanie/tuamotu/anaa.html

Tuanake Atoll

Tuanake Atoll

Geography

Tuanake is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is 9.5 km long and 6.5 km wide.

Another name: Mata-rua-puna

Location: 16°40′S 144°13′W. Tuanake is located only 7.5 km to the northwest of Hiti Atoll.

Area: 6 km² (land) and 26 km² (lagoon)

Population: Uninhabited.

Map of Tuanake Atoll

Tuanake Atoll

History

1820 - The first recorded European to sight Tuanake was Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.

Tuanake Atoll

Tuanake Atoll

Tuanake Atoll

Sources

                          http://www.hoarau.org/polynesie/index.php?ref=tuanake           

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuanake

Tepoto Sud Atoll

Tepoto Sud Atoll

Geography

Tepoto Sud is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It measures 3.8 kilometres in diameter. This atoll is sometimes called Tepoto Sud in French, to distinguish it from the island of Tepoto, approximately 400 kilometres to the northeast in the Disappointment Islands.

Another name: Ti Poto.

Location: 16°48′S 144°16′W. It is located 44 km southwest of Makemo Atoll.

Area: 0.6 km² (land) and 2.5 km² (lagoon)

Population: Uninhabited.

Tepoto Sud

Tepoto Sud

History

1768 - Tepoto Sud was sighted by French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville.

1820 - The first European to land on the atoll was Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.

The 19^th century - the atoll is identified as being the site of buried treasure stolen by four adventurers from a church in Pisco, Peru.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepoto_(South)

https://web.archive.org/web/20080720071155/http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atollpol/irdpoly/uktepoto.htm