Ravahere

Ravahere
NASA image of Ravahere
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location	18 ° 13 ′  S , 142 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 13 ′  S , 142 ° 9 ′  W
Number of islands	-
Land area	70 ha
Lagoon area	5.1 km²
Residents	uninhabited

Ravahere (old name: Dawhaida or Dawhaida Island ) is an uninhabited atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia . It is located 53 km northwest of Nengonengo and is only separated from Morocco by a 2 km wide waterway . The boomerang-like island has a length of 18 km with a maximum width of 7.5 km. The atoll's lagoon has no navigable access to the sea.

Ravahere and Morocau form the so-called Îles Deux Groupes . Ravahere is part of the Hikueru Township .

It is probably identical with the island of Morocco (also Marakau), discovered on March 24, 1768 by Louis Antoine de Bougainville .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andrew Sharp: The Discovery of the Pacific Islands. Oxford University Press 1960, p. 115

Web links

• Picture and short description ( memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Travel Impressions of the atoll and coral reefs (English)