Morane is a small isolated atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 153 km southwest of Maria Est, its closest neighbor.
Morane Atoll is the southernmost atoll of the Tuamotus. It measures 4.8 km in length with a maximum width of 3.2 km. It has a lagoon without a pass to enter it.
The islands on its reef are covered with screwpine (Pandanus) and coconut trees.
Morane is uninhabited.
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The first recorded European to sight Morane Atoll was American whaler Nathaniel Cary in 1832.[1] He named it "Barstow's Island" after his ship Gideon Barstow.[2] In some maps it appears as "Cadmus".
Administratively Morane Atoll belongs to the commune of the Gambier Islands.
Morane Atoll has one of the highest concentrations of the Tuamotu Sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata), with approximately 150 to 200 individuals of the species.[3]
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