Nukutepipi

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Nukutepipi
NASA image of Nukutepipi
NASA image of Nukutepipi
Waters Pacific Ocean
archipelago Îles du Duc de Gloucester , Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location 20 ° 42 ′  S , 143 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 42 ′  S , 143 ° 3 ′  W
Nukutepipi (French Polynesia)
Nukutepipi
Number of islands 5
Main island Nukutepipi
length 3.5 km
Land area 60 ha
Lagoon area 1.3 km²
total area 5 km²
Residents uninhabited
Map of Nukutepipi
Map of Nukutepipi
Template: Infobox Atoll / Maintenance / HoeheFehlt

Nukutepipi (also Nukutipipi , old name: Margaret Island ) is a small, uninhabited atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . Politically, it belongs to French Polynesia and is assigned to the municipality of Hao , and in it to the sub-municipality ( commune associée ) Héréhérétué .

Nukutepipi is located about 30 km southeast of the neighboring atoll Anuanurunga and is thus the southeasternmost atoll of the group of the Îles du Duc de Gloucester . Nukutepipi is a slightly elliptical atoll with a largely closed fringing reef , on which small motus rest in the east and north . The land area is around 0.6 km², that of the lagoon around 1.3 km². There is a runway on the eastern motu.

Others

In November 2019 , Guy Laliberté , a Canadian artist, billionaire, space tourist and founder of Cirque du Soleil in French Polynesia was arrested for growing cannabis on his private island, Nukutepipi . Laliberté argues with medicinal and purely personal use.

Individual evidence

  1. Der Standard of Nov. 13, 2019: Cirque du Soleil founder grew cannabis on a private island
  2. Rundschau Online from Nov. 13, 2019: Cannabis plantation on private island - billionaire arrested after landing by private jet