Matureivavao

Also known as Atoll Maturei-Vavao

thumb|300px|right|Map of Matureivavao Atoll. Matureivavao, or Maturei-vavao is an uninhabited atoll in the Acteon Group in the southeastern part of the Tuamotu Islands. It is the largest atoll within the Acteon Group, and like others in this group, is administratively part of the commune of the Gambier Islands.

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Vinony's link graph records 112 inbound references to Matureivavao, and connects out to commune of France, Tuamotus and Pacific Ocean.

The entry is geolocated on the map in isle_region, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Atolls of the Tuamotus, Islands of the Gambier Islands and Uninhabited islands of French Polynesia.

Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Islands.name: Matureivavao
Islands.image_name: Matureivavao.JPG
Islands.image_caption: NASA picture of Matureivavao Atoll
Islands.map: French Polynesia
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2: 18
Islands.area_footnotes: (lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km: 6.6
Islands.width_km: 4.6
Islands.country: France
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.population: Uninhabited

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: atoll
Part of: Acteon Group
Country: France
Located in: French Polynesia
Area: 18
Time zone: UTC−10:00
Body of water: Pacific Ocean
Image: Matureivavao.JPG

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native label: Matureivavao
time of discovery or invention: 1606-02-05
Commons category: Matureivavao
located in/on physical feature: Tuamotus

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
History
Flora and fauna
See also
References
External links

==Geography== Matureivavao is about long in a NNW-SSE direction and wide. It has a land area of and a lagoon area of . It lies southeast of Tenarunga and from Tahiti. The atoll is high enough to be visible from a considerable distance. It appears as a sandy beach, backed by a line of dark green. In bad weather, the seas sometimes sweep over the reef. There is no entrance to the lagoon.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matureivavao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.