Îles Deux Groupes
| Îles Deux Groupes | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Tuamotu Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 18 ° 8 ′ S , 142 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 2 atolls | |
| Main island | Morocco | |
| Total land area | 8.2 km² | |
| Residents | 99 (2007) | |
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The Îles Deux Groupes (German: "Two-Group Islands") are a group of two atolls in the central Tuamotu Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . The group includes the Ravahere and Morocau atolls , of which, however, only Morocau is inhabited. The Îles Deux Groupes administratively belong to the municipality of Hikueru in French Polynesia .
The two closely spaced atolls were discovered for Europe by Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768 . The name "two-group islands" comes from James Cook .