Hiti

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Hiti
NASA image of Hiti
NASA image of Hiti
Waters Pacific Ocean
archipelago Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location 16 ° 44 ′  S , 144 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 44 ′  S , 144 ° 6 ′  W
Hiti (French Polynesia)
Hiti
Number of islands -
Main island -
Land area 3 km²
Lagoon area 15 km²
Residents uninhabited
Template: Infobox Atoll / Maintenance / HoeheFehlt

Hiti, or Hiti-rau-mea , is a narrow, uninhabited atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . The atoll has an oval shape, is 9 km long and 6 km wide. The land area is only about 3 km². The lagoon has no access to the sea. Hiti belongs to French Polynesia and there to the municipality of Makemo . The atoll forms together with Tepoto Sud and Tuanake the group of Raevski Atolls .

The atoll was discovered in 1820 by the Baltic German explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen .

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