Maria Est
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Infobox Islands Maria Atoll[1] is an uninhabited small atoll of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is located in the far southeast of the archipelago, about Script error: No such module "convert". southwest from Marutea Sud. Maria's closest neighbour is the small atoll of Matureivavao of the Acteon Group, Script error: No such module "convert". to the northwest.
Maria Atoll is oval in shape and bound by a continuous reef. It is 5.6 km long and 2.9 km wide. Its islands are low and flat and the lagoon is hypersaline.
This atoll is mostly called "Maria Est" in order to avoid confusion with another small atoll called Maria (Nororotu) in the Tubuai (Austral Islands) division of French Polynesia.
History
The first recorded European who arrived at Maria Est was Template:Ill in 1829. On some maps, Maria Atoll appeared as "Moerenhout Island".[1]
Administration
Administratively, Maria Est belongs to the commune of the Gambier Islands.
References
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- Moerenhout, Jacques-Antoine. Voyages aux iles du grand Ocean
- Tuamotu Seamount Trail
External links
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