Mangareva
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Mangareva is the central and largest island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is surrounded by smaller islands: Taravai in the southwest, Aukena and Akamaru in the southeast, and islands in the north. Mangareva has a permanent population of 1,239 (2012) and the largest village on the island, Rikitea, is the chief town of the Gambier Islands.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Mangareva
- Islands.image_name
- Mangareva.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Mangareva Island
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Gambier Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 15.4
- Islands.length_km
- 8
- Islands.highest_mount
- Mt. Duff
- Islands.elevation_m
- 441
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Overseas collectivity
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- French Polynesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Commune
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Gambier
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Rikitea
- Islands.population
- 1,239
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1239
- Area
- 15.4
- Elevation
- 83
- Image
- Mangareva.JPG
- Width
- 1.3
- Length
- 8
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- Mangareva
- time of discovery or invention
- 1797-00-00
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Mangareva is the central and largest island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is surrounded by smaller islands: Taravai in the southwest, Aukena and Akamaru in the southeast, and islands in the north. Mangareva has a permanent population of 1,239 (2012) and the largest village on the island, Rikitea, is the chief town of the Gambier Islands.
The island is approximately long and, at , it comprises about 56% of the land area of the whole Gambier group. Mangareva has a high central ridge which runs the length of the island. The highest point in the Gambiers is Mount Duff, on Mangareva, rising to along the island's south coast. The island has a large lagoon in diameter containing reefs whose fish and shellfish helped ancient islanders survive much more successfully than on nearby islands with no reefs.
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