Key facts
- Islands.name
- Kaukura
- Islands.image_name
- Kaukura.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Kaukura Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 434
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 47
- Islands.width_km
- 13
- Islands.country
- France
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Overseas collectivity
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
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thumb|right|300px|Map of Kaukura Atoll
Kaukura or Kaheko is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia, long and wide. It is in the western area of the archipelago, southeast of Rangiroa. The closest land is Apataki Atoll, to the northeast.