Hikueru
Sign in to saveHikueru, Tiveru, or Te Kārena, is one of the Central Tuamotu atolls. The closest land to Hikueru is Tekokota Atoll, located 22 km to the north.
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Vinony's link graph records 123 inbound references to Hikueru, and connects out to Tuamotus, Pacific Ocean and NASA.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle_region, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Atolls of the Tuamotus and Communes of French Polynesia.
Vinony links it to 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Hikueru
- Islands.image_name
- Hikueru2.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Hikueru Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
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- Location in French Polynesia
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- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 79
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 15
- Islands.width_km
- 9.5
- 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
- Hikueru
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hikueru, Tiveru, or Te Kārena, is one of the Central Tuamotu atolls. The closest land to Hikueru is Tekokota Atoll, located 22 km to the north.
Hikueru Atoll's shape is roughly oval and it is 15 km in length and 9.5 km in width. It covers a land area of 8 km2 and a lagoon area of 79 km2. There are many motu on its reef with a combined land area of about 25 km2. Its lagoon is deep, with numerous coral heads.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hikueru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations