Aukena
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Aukena is the 5th largest of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. Aukena is located about halfway between Mangareva and Akamaru, or about 5 km southeast of Mangareva, which is the largest island of the whole Gambier Islands archipelago. Aukena is approximately 2.5 km long and about 0.5 km wide, with a total area of 1.35 km2.
Mangarevan oral tradition first mentions the island in the fourteenth century, and archeological excavations show that it has been inhabited since that time.[1]
Gallery
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Watchtower. Background: Mangareva Island
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Watchtower. Background: Mt. Duff
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Ruins of Re'e Seminary College, the first college of French Polynesia
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Church of St.Raphael
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Oven for coral lime. Missionaries used it to build various churches in the Gambier Islands.
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View from the watchtower. View is of Manui and Kamaka
References
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