Kauehi
Sign in to saveKauehi, or Putake, is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The nearest land is Raraka Atoll, located 17 km to the Southeast. Kauehi has a wide lagoon measuring 24 km by 18 km. The atoll has a lagoon area of , and a land area of . Kauehi's lagoon has one navigable pass.
Key facts
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.name
- Kauehi
- Islands.image_name
- Kauehi.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Kauehi Atoll
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 320
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 24
- Islands.width_km
- 18
- 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
- Fakarava
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Tearavero
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- atoll
- Part of
- Tuamotus
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Fakarava
- Area
- 320
- Time zone
- UTC−10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Kauehi2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kauehi
- located in/on physical feature
- Tuamotus
- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL
- www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/france/commune-de-fakarava
- time of discovery or invention
- 1835-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- Administration
- References
Kauehi, or Putake, is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The nearest land is Raraka Atoll, located 17 km to the Southeast. Kauehi has a wide lagoon measuring 24 km by 18 km. The atoll has a lagoon area of , and a land area of . Kauehi's lagoon has one navigable pass.
The atoll has 257 inhabitants . The main village is called Tearavero.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kauehi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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