Ravahere

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Coordinates: 18°13′S 142°09′W / -18.217, -142.15

NASA picture of Ravahere Atoll.

Ravahere is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 53 km northwest of Nengonengo Atoll and it is separated by a 2 km sound from Marokau Atoll, its closest neighbor to the north.

Marokau and Ravahere form a minor subgroup of the Tuamotus known as the Two Groups Islands.

Ravahere Atoll is roughly boomerang-shaped. It measures 18 km in length with a maximum width of 7.5 km. The shallow lagoon has a surface of 50 km², but there is no pass to enter it.

Ravahere is permanently uninhabited.

[edit] History

The first recorded European who sighted the two neighboring atolls of Marokau and Ravahere was Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768.^[1]

[edit] Administration

Ravahere belongs to the commune of Hikueru, which consists of the atolls of Hikueru, Marokau, Ravahere, Reitoru and Tekokota.

[edit] References

• Ravahere on Oceandots.com
• Photos

[edit] External links

• Atoll list (in French)

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