Vanavana

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Vanavana
NASA image of Vanavana
NASA image of Vanavana
Waters Pacific Ocean
archipelago Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location 20 ° 47 ′  S , 139 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 47 ′  S , 139 ° 9 ′  W
Vanavana (French Polynesia)
Vanavana
Number of islands 5
length 5 km
width 3.2 km
Land area 2 km²
Lagoon area 3 km²
Residents uninhabited
Map of Vanavana
Map of Vanavana
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Vanavana , also known as Kurataki or Huataki , is a small atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . It is 35 miles west of Tureia Atoll , its closest neighbor. It belongs politically to French Polynesia and there to the municipality of Tureia .

Vanavana is an uninhabited, narrow, oval atoll approximately 5 km long and 3.2 km wide. The lagoon of the atoll measures 3 km², the land area about 2 km².

Vanavana was discovered by Frederick William Beechey in 1826 and named Barrow Island after Sir John Barrow .

On October 10, 1941, the crew of the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis used the island to go ashore for the first time in ten months for a short time.

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