Paraoa
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Paraoa, Tohora, or Hariri is a small atoll of the central Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 76 km south of Hao Atoll's westernmost point. The closest land is Manuhangi Atoll, 52 km to the west.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Paraoa
- Islands.image_name
- Paraoa2.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Paraoa Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 14
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 8.5
- Islands.width_km
- 5.5
- 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
- Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
- Islands.population
- Uninhabited
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 14
- Image
- Paraoa2.jpg
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- Paraoa
- time of discovery or invention
- 1767-00-00
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Paraoa, Tohora, or Hariri is a small atoll of the central Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 76 km south of Hao Atoll's westernmost point. The closest land is Manuhangi Atoll, 52 km to the west.
Paraoa Atoll is ovular in shape. It measures in length with a maximum width of . Its lagoon is not connected to the ocean by a pass, which makes this small atoll quite inaccessible. Paraoa Atoll is uninhabited.
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