Héréhérétué

Héréhérétué
NASA image of the atoll
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location	19 ° 52 ′  S , 144 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 52 ′  S , 144 ° 58 ′  W
Number of islands	> 60
Main island	-
Land area	4 km²
Lagoon area	23 km²
Residents	58 (2007)
Map of Héréhérétué

Héréhérétué (also Hereheretue ) is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean that belongs to French Polynesia . It consists of about 40 islets ( motus ) that surround a central lagoon . Héréhérétué is the northernmost atoll of the Îles du Duc de Gloucester in the Tuamotu Archipelago . The next neighboring island of Anuanuraro is 150 km away. Administratively, the atoll belongs to the municipality of Hao .

You can count at least 60 individual islands ( motus ) on detailed maps .

The largest motu is in the southeast, but most of the inhabitants live on the westernmost motu. There is with Otetou the only permanently inhabited settlement of the Duke of Gloucester Islands.

Héréhérétué is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most accented name .

See also

• List of Tuamotu Islands

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Direction des Resources Marines: Cartes de l'atlas de Polynésie

Web links

• Census 2007 (PDF, French) ( Memento from February 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )