Motu One (Society Islands)
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Society Islands | |
| Geographical location | 15 ° 48 ′ S , 154 ° 32 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 6th | |
| Main island | Motu One | |
| Land area | 2.3 km² | |
| Lagoon area | 3.7 km² | |
| total area | 11.9 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Motu One ( Polynesian also Papa Iti or Temiromiro is called) an atoll in the South Pacific lying Society Islands in French Polynesia and belongs to the municipality of Maupiti . In some sources it is called Bellingshausen , in others Bellinghausen . This name goes back to Otto von Kotzebue , who named the atoll after the Baltic German explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen .
The atoll consists of one larger and five small islands with a total land area of 2.3 km², which enclose a central lagoon . It is about 550 km northwest of Tahiti and is now uninhabited.
nature
The island is an important breeding and resting place for various bird species and a place where the green sea turtle ( green turtle ) lays its eggs.
Web links
- Description on the website of the Présidence de la Polynésie française (text below Maupiti) (English)
- Picture and map (french)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Service hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine called on 20 June 2006
- ^ Présidence de la Polynésie française
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