Rekareka
Sign in to saveRekareka, Tehuata or Tu-henua, is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located in the Centre East of the group, 83 km southeast from Raroia, and lies 70 km NW of Tauere, its nearest neighbor. The shoal water of this small atoll extends 0.8 km seaward from its northern, western, and southern sides, and about 1.3 km from its south-eastern side. Rekareka has no fresh water and is uninhabited.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Rekareka is referenced by 112 other articles, and connects out to Pacific Ocean, geographic coordinate system and French Polynesia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle_region, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Atolls of the Tuamotus and Uninhabited islands of French Polynesia.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Rekareka
- Islands.image_name
- Rekareka map.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Map of Rekareka Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 2.5
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 2.2
- Islands.width_km
- 1.25
- 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
- Uninhabited
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 2.5
- Image
- Rekareka map.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rekareka
- time of discovery or invention
- 1606-02-12
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Encyclopedic overview
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Rekareka, Tehuata or Tu-henua, is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located in the Centre East of the group, 83 km southeast from Raroia, and lies 70 km NW of Tauere, its nearest neighbor. The shoal water of this small atoll extends 0.8 km seaward from its northern, western, and southern sides, and about 1.3 km from its south-eastern side. Rekareka has no fresh water and is uninhabited.
==History== Portuguese explorer serving the Spanish Crown Pedro Fernandes de Queirós sighted Rekareka during his Pacific expedition on February 13, 1606. The Spaniards named this island "La Sagitaria" and reported that it was inhabited at that time. In some maps this island also appears as "Bonne Esperance" and "Good Hope".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rekareka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations