Anuanurunga

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Anuanurunga
NASA image of Anuanurunga
NASA image by Anuanurunga
Waters Pacific Ocean
archipelago Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location 20 ° 38 ′  S , 143 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 38 ′  S , 143 ° 19 ′  W
Anuanurunga (French Polynesia)
Anuanurunga
Number of islands -
Land area 7 km²
Lagoon area 2.6 km²
Residents uninhabited
Map of Anuanurunga
Map of Anuanurunga
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Anuanurunga is a small, uninhabited atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . Administratively, it belongs to French Polynesia and is part of the Hao municipality .

Anuanurunga is 25 km southeast of the neighboring atoll Anuanuraro and 30 km northwest of the Nukutepipi atoll . Together, the three atolls make up the Îles du Duc de Gloucester group . It is a slightly elliptical atoll with a largely closed fringing reef , on which only a few small motus rest. The land area is around 7 km², that of the lagoon around 2.6 km².

The atoll was discovered by Philipp Carteret in 1767. He named the atoll "Four Crowns" (four crowns) .

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