Toau

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Toau
NASA image of Toau
NASA image of Toau
Waters Pacific Ocean
archipelago Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location 15 ° 54 ′  S , 146 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 54 ′  S , 146 ° 2 ′  W
Toau (French Polynesia)
Toau
Number of islands -
Main island Maragai
length 35 km
width 18 km
Land area 12 km²
Lagoon area 561 km²
total area 652 km²
Residents uninhabited (2007)
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Toau (also called Pakuria or Taha-a-titi ) is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia .

geography

The lagoon is 35 × 18 km and up to 25 meters deep. The total area of ​​the atoll is 652 km², and the area of ​​the lagoon is 561 km². The closest atoll is Fakarava , 14 km southeast of Toau. Administratively, the atoll belongs to the municipality of Fakarava and therein to the commune associée Fakarava.

history

James Cook was the first to sight the atoll in April 1774. In some maps the atoll is marked with the name Elizabeth .

The only village is Maragai on the island of the same name in the east of the atoll. The 2002 census counted 24 inhabitants here, but according to the 2012 census only 18. The inhabitants live mainly from fish farming, pearls are also dipped and copra is made from coconuts.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Loïc Charpy, Philippe Dufour, Nicole Garcia: Particulate organic matter in sixteen Tuamotu atoll lagoons (French Polynesia) (PDF; 1.2 MB)

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