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Ravahere

Coordinates: 18°13′S 142°09′W / 18.217°S 142.150°W / -18.217; -142.150
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Ravahere
NASA picture of Ravahere Atoll
Ravahere is located in French Polynesia
Ravahere
Ravahere
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates18°13′S 142°09′W / 18.217°S 142.150°W / -18.217; -142.150
ArchipelagoTuamotus
Area57.5 km2 (22.2 sq mi)  (lagoon)
7 km2 (3 sq mi) (above water)
Length20 km (12 mi)
Width9.5 km (5.9 mi)
Administration
 France
Overseas collectivity French Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionTuamotus
CommuneHikueru
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited[1] (2012)

Ravahere is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 53 km northwest of Nengonengo Atoll and it is separated by a 2 km sound from Marokau Atoll, its closest neighbor to the north.

Marokau and Ravahere form a minor subgroup of the Tuamotus known as the Two Groups Islands.

Ravahere Atoll is roughly boomerang-shaped. It measures 20 km in length with a maximum width of 9.5 km. The shallow lagoon has a surface area of 57.5 km2, but there is no pass to enter it.

Ravahere is permanently uninhabited.

History

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The first recorded European who sighted the two neighboring atolls of Marokau and Ravahere was Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768.[2]

Administration

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Ravahere belongs to the commune of Hikueru, which consists of the atolls of Hikueru, Marokau, Ravahere, Reitoru and Tekokota.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ Robson, John (2005). "A short biography of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville". Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
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