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Also known as Atoll Nengo-Nengo

Nengonengo is a small atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 53 km southeast of Ravahere, its closest neighbor, and 100 km southwest of Hao Atoll.

Key facts

Islands.name
Nengonengo
Islands.image_name
Nengonengo Atoll (ISS004-E-6545).jpg
Islands.image_caption
NASA picture of Nengonengo Atoll
Islands.map
French Polynesia
Islands.location
Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago
Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2
67
Islands.area_footnotes
(lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km
13
Islands.width_km
8
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
Hao
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
Tuamotus
Islands.population
54

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Nengonengo is a small atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 53 km southeast of Ravahere, its closest neighbor, and 100 km southwest of Hao Atoll.

Nengonengo Atoll is roughly bell-shaped. It measures 13 km in length with a maximum width of 8 km. It has a wide lagoon with a surface 67 km2. There is a narrow pass to enter the lagoon on the north side, but no charted data appears to be available.

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

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