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Tureia
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Tureia (also called Papahena, Papakena, and Carysfort Island) is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia.

Key facts

Islands.name
Tureia
Islands.image_name
Tureia.31.12.13.3.jpg
Islands.image_caption
Tureia
Islands.map
French Polynesia
Islands.location
Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago
Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2
47
Islands.area_footnotes
(lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km
15
Islands.width_km
8
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
Tureia
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
Tuamotus
Islands.country_largest_city
Hakamaru

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Wikidata facts

Area
47
Image
Tureia.JPG
Perimeter
90
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Tureia
time of discovery or invention
1791-00-00
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Tureia (also called Papahena, Papakena, and Carysfort Island) is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia.

Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of ; its total land area is 8 km2. A very long island covers completely its eastern reef. The lagoon has no navigable entrance.

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