Tahanea
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Islands Tahanea Atoll is an uninhabited atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". to the east of Faaite Atoll.
Tahanea Atoll measures Script error: No such module "convert". in length with a maximum width of Script error: No such module "convert".. The southern reef fringing the atoll is wider than the northern one, but the largest islands are on the narrower northern rim. Tahanea has a wide and deep lagoon with a surface of Script error: No such module "convert". . There are three deep, navigable, passes into the lagoon, which are called Motupuapua, Teavatapu and Otao.
Tahanea is uninhabited, but visited occasionally by islanders from neighboring atolls.
History
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The first recorded European to sight Tahanea was Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea on 9 November 1774 on ship Aguila. He named this atoll "San Julián".[1][2]
Russian oceanic explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen visited Tahanea in 1820 on ships Vostok and Mirni. He named this atoll "Chichagov" .
Administration
Tahanea belongs to the commune of Anaa that also includes the associated commune of Faaite with the atoll of Faaite and the uninhabited atolls of Tahanea and Motutunga.
See also
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References
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External links
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- Spanish voyages
- Bellingshausen
- Atoll list (in French)
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