Tahanea

Tahanea Atoll is an uninhabited atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located to the east of Faaite Atoll.

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Islands.name: Tahanea
Islands.image_name: Tahanea.JPG
Islands.image_caption: NASA picture of Tahanea Atoll
Islands.map: French Polynesia
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2: 522.5
Islands.area_footnotes: (lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km: 48
Islands.width_km: 15.2
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: Anaa
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Tuamotus
Islands.population: Uninhabited

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Area: 522.5
Image: Tahanea.JPG

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Commons category: Tahanea
time of discovery or invention: 1774-11-09

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Tahanea Atoll is an uninhabited atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located to the east of Faaite Atoll.

Tahanea Atoll measures in length with a maximum width of . The southern reef fringing the atoll is wider than the northern one, but the largest islands are on the narrower northern rim. Tahanea has a wide and deep lagoon with a surface of . There are three deep, navigable, passes into the lagoon, which are called Motupuapua, Teavatapu and Otao.