Fangatau
Sign in to saveFangatau, or Nakai-erua, is a small atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The nearest land is Fakahina Atoll, located 72 km to the ESE. This small atoll has an elongated shape. Its length is , maximum width . It has a total area of , land area 5.9 km2. Its reef encloses its lagoon completely. Anchorage is difficult. Fangatau Atoll has 150 inhabitants (2022 census). Teana is the main village.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Fangatau
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- Fangatau.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Fangatau Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 22.2
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- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 8
- Islands.width_km
- 3.5
- Islands.country
- France
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- Overseas collectivity
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- French Polynesia
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- Commune
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- Fangatau
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- Administrative subdivision
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- Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Teana
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- atoll
- Part of
- Tuamotus
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Fangatau
- Population
- 121
- Area
- 5.9
- Time zone
- UTC−10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Fangatau2.jpg
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- different from
- Fangataufa
- time of discovery or invention
- 1820-07-10
- Commons category
- Fangatau Atoll
- located in/on physical feature
- Tuamotus
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Fangatau, or Nakai-erua, is a small atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The nearest land is Fakahina Atoll, located 72 km to the ESE. This small atoll has an elongated shape. Its length is , maximum width . It has a total area of , land area 5.9 km2. Its reef encloses its lagoon completely. Anchorage is difficult. Fangatau Atoll has 150 inhabitants (2022 census). Teana is the main village.
==History== The first recorded European to arrive at Fangatau was Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on the 10 July 1820 on ships Vostok and Mirni. He named this atoll "Arakcheev". Fangatau was the home of Kamake an Iturangi, regarded by anthropologist Kenneth Emory as "the greatest Tuamotuan sage" he ever met.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fangatau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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