Reao

Also known as Atoll Reao

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.

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Islands.name: Reao
Islands.image_name: Reao.JPG
Islands.image_caption: NASA picture of Reao Atoll
Islands.map: French Polynesia
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2: 34
Islands.area_footnotes: (lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km: 24.5
Islands.width_km: 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: Reao
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Tuamotus
Islands.population: 305

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Area: 34
Image: Reao2.jpg

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Commons category: Reao (atoll)
time of discovery or invention: 1823-00-00

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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.