Taenga

Also known as Atoll Taenga

Taenga, or Taunga-hara, is one of the Tuamotu atolls in French Polynesia. It is located 32 km to the northeast of Makemo Atoll and 27 km to the northwest of Nihiru Atoll.

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Islands.name: Taenga
Islands.image_name: Taenga.JPG
Islands.image_caption: NASA picture of Taenga Atoll
Islands.map: French Polynesia
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2: 140
Islands.area_footnotes: (lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km: 27
Islands.width_km: 11
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: Makemo
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Tuamotus
Islands.population: 65

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Population: 96
Area: 140
Image: Taenga.JPG

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time of discovery or invention: 1803-03-10
Commons category: Taenga
native label: Taenga

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Taenga, or Taunga-hara, is one of the Tuamotu atolls in French Polynesia. It is located 32 km to the northeast of Makemo Atoll and 27 km to the northwest of Nihiru Atoll.

Taenga Atoll is roughly triangular in shape. It measures 27 km in length with a maximum width of 11 km.