Reao
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Reao or Natūpe is an atoll in the eastern expanses of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The closest land is Pukarua Atoll, located 48 km to the WNW.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Reao
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- Reao.JPG
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- NASA picture of Reao Atoll
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- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 34
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- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 24.5
- Islands.width_km
- 5
- Islands.country
- France
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- Overseas collectivity
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- French Polynesia
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- Commune
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- Reao
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- Administrative subdivision
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- Tuamotus
- Islands.population
- 305
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Encyclopedic overview
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Reao or Natūpe is an atoll in the eastern expanses of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The closest land is Pukarua Atoll, located 48 km to the WNW.
Reao is 24.5 km long and its maximum width is 5 km. The whole length of its north-eastern rim is occupied by a single long island. There is no navigable pass into the lagoon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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