thumb|right|300px|Location of Ahe Atoll Ahe, Ahemaru or Omaru, is a coral atoll in the northern Tuamotu Archipelago, 14 km to the west of Manihi, in French Polynesia. Its ring shape is broken by only a single small passage into the lagoon. It has a land area of approximately 12 km2 and a lagoon area of 138 km2. , Ahe Atoll had 553 inhabitants. The only village in Ahe is Tenukupara with approximately 100 inhabitants. It is located on an island in the south side of the Atoll.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Ahe
- Islands.image_name
- Ahe Atoll - ISS007-E-16671.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Ahe Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 138
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 23.5
- Islands.width_km
- 12.2
- Islands.highest_mount
- (unnamed)
- Islands.elevation_m
- 10
- Islands.country
- France
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Overseas collectivity
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- French Polynesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Commune
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Manihi
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- atoll
- Part of
- King George Islands
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Manihi
- Area
- 150
- Time zone
- UTC−10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Ahe Atoll - EVS Precision Map (1-100,000).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ahe
- located in/on physical feature
- Tuamotus
- time of discovery or invention
- 1722-00-00
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thumb|right|300px|Location of Ahe Atoll Ahe, Ahemaru or Omaru, is a coral atoll in the northern Tuamotu Archipelago, 14 km to the west of Manihi, in French Polynesia. Its ring shape is broken by only a single small passage into the lagoon. It has a land area of approximately 12 km2 and a lagoon area of 138 km2. , Ahe Atoll had 553 inhabitants. The only village in Ahe is Tenukupara with approximately 100 inhabitants. It is located on an island in the south side of the Atoll.
The Atoll is part of the King George Islands (Iles du Roi Georges) subgroup, which includes Ahe, Manihi, Takapoto, Takaroa and Tikei. There are several pearl farms in Ahe's lagoon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ahe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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