Motu Nao
| Motu Nao | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Marquesas | |
| Geographical location | 10 ° 21 '30 " S , 138 ° 25' 10" W | |
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| length | 8 m | |
| surface | 0.01 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 4 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Motu Nao , other name: Rocher Thomasset (French Thomasset rock, also spelled Roche de Thomasset ) is a rocky island barely a hundred square meters in size in the Pacific , geographically part of the Marquesas Islands and politically part of French Polynesia (municipality of Fatu Hiva ) heard. It is the tip of a submarine volcano that only has a depth of up to 41 meters up to 500 meters from the island. The island is also called Ariane or Ariane Rock on older maps , after the corvette L'Ariane that belonged to the French Pacific Squadron in the mid-19th century . Motu Nao is located 22 km northeast of Fatu Hiva and should not be confused with Motu Nao Nao, a small sand island on the southern tip of Raiatea .
The island is uninhabited and has no vegetation. Its highest point is only 4 m above sea level.
Web links
- Photo (Third page = p. 261, bottom left. Accessed August 4, 2020)
- Photo (oblique aerial view) (accessed October 15, 2018)
- Satellite image
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomasset or Ariadne Rock in Stieler's Hand Atlas , p. 76
- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Sailing Directions (enroute), Pub. 126, Pacific Ocean (English; PDF; 5.1 MB) (accessed November 17, 2010)
