Rekareka

Rekareka
Map of Rekareka Atoll
Rekareka is located in French Polynesia
Rekareka
Rekareka
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates16°49′S 141°55′W / 16.817°S 141.917°W / -16.817; -141.917
ArchipelagoTuamotus
Area2.5 km2 (0.97 sq mi) (lagoon)
3.31 km2 (1.3 sq mi) (above water)
Length2.2 km (1.37 mi)
Width1.25 km (0.777 mi)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionTuamotus
CommuneHao
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited[1] (2012)

Rekareka, Tehuata or Tu-henua,[2] is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located in the Centre East of the group, 83 km southeast from Raroia,[3] and lies 70 km NW of Tauere, its nearest neighbor. The shoal water of this small atoll extends 0.8 km seaward from its northern, western, and southern sides, and about 1.3 km from its south-eastern side.[4] Rekareka has no fresh water and is uninhabited.[5]

  1. ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Alternative names". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  3. ^ "Rekareka". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ coastalexplorer.net/downloads/guide_books/sailing_directions/enroute_126;download
  5. ^ United Nations Environment Programme, IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (1986). Review of the Protected Areas System in Oceania. The World Conservation Union. pp. 207. ISBN 2-88032-509-9.

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