Anuanurunga
Anuanurunga | ||
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NASA image by Anuanurunga | ||
Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
archipelago | Tuamotu Archipelago | |
Geographical location | 20 ° 38 ′ S , 143 ° 19 ′ W | |
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Number of islands | - | |
Land area | 7 km² | |
Lagoon area | 2.6 km² | |
Residents | uninhabited | |
Map of Anuanurunga |
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) .
See also
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- Picture and short description ( memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )