Rekareka

Rekareka
	Map of Rekareka
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location	16 ° 49 ′ S , 141 ° 55 ′ W Coordinates: 16 ° 49 ′ S , 141 ° 55 ′ W
Number of islands	4th
Main island	-
Land area	1.6 km²
Lagoon area	2.5 km²
Residents	uninhabited
	Location of Rekareka (red, 6)

Rekareka , Tehuata or Tu-henua is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia . The atoll's lagoon has navigable access to the sea in the south. The nearest atoll is Tauere , 70 km northwest. Administratively, Rekareka belongs to the municipality of Hao .

history

The Spanish explorer Pedro Fernández de Quirós discovered Rekareka on a Pacific expedition on February 13, 1606. The Spaniards named the atoll "Sagitaria". Even at that time the atoll was uninhabited. On some maps the atoll is also shown under the name "Bonne Esperance" or "Good Hope".

There are no fresh water resources on the atoll.

Web links

Picture and short description ( memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
JL Young: Names Of The Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known. December 1899, pp. 264–268 , accessed January 30, 2019 (English).
The Spanish South Sea Expedition (Spanish)
Pedro Fernández de Quirós (Spanish)