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Niau
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Another NASA picture of Niau Atoll. Niau is a small atoll in French Polynesia, in the commune of Fakarava (Tuamotu archipelago). This atoll has a broad fringing reef, a diameter of 8 km and an area of 53 km2.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Niau
- Islands.image_name
- Niau.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Niau Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 33
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_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
- Fakarava
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Administrative subdivision
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Tupana
- Islands.population
- 226
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- atoll
- Part of
- Tuamotus
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Fakarava
- Area
- 33
- Time zone
- UTC−10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Niau.JPG
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1820-00-00
- Commons category
- Niau
- 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
- different from
- Niʻihau
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Administration
- Ecology
- Niau airport
- References
- External links
thumb|right|300px|Another NASA picture of Niau Atoll. Niau is a small atoll in French Polynesia, in the commune of Fakarava (Tuamotu archipelago). This atoll has a broad fringing reef, a diameter of 8 km and an area of 53 km2.
Niau's lagoon is swampy, hypersaline and entirely enclosed. The narrow strip of land surrounding the lagoon is covered by marsh vegetation. The enclosed lagoon area is 33 km2, making the land size at 20 km2. The lagoon has an unusual green color.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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