Tureia
Sign in to saveTureia (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
- Instance of
- atoll
- Part of
- Tuamotus
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Tureia
- Area
- 47
- Time zone
- UTC−10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Tureia.JPG
- Perimeter
- 90
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- Commons category
- Tureia
- located in/on physical feature
- Tuamotus
- time of discovery or invention
- 1791-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tureia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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