Motutunga

Motutunga
NASA image by Motutunga
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location	17 ° 6 ′  S , 144 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 6 ′  S , 144 ° 22 ′  W
Number of islands	-
Land area	1.4 km²
Lagoon area	126 km²
Residents	uninhabited

Motutunga belongs to the Anaa municipality , is an uninhabited atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia and is 17 km southeast of Tahanea . It is triangular in shape, 15 km long and 14 km wide, is surrounded by a fringing reef and the lagoon has no navigable access to the sea.

Motutunga was discovered by James Cook in 1773 and originally christened Adventure in the name of his ship . The Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea sighted the island in 1774 and named it San Blas .

Web links

• Picture and short description ( memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• List Spanish sailors (English)