Ahunui

Ahunui or Nga-taumanga is a small atoll of the eastern Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 55 km SSE of Paraoa Atoll and 120 km WSW of Vairaatea.

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Islands.name: Ahunui
Islands.image_name: Ahunui north.jpg
Islands.image_caption: NASA picture of Ahunui Atoll
Islands.map: French Polynesia
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2: 34
Islands.area_footnotes: (lagoon) (above water)
Islands.width_km: 6.5
Islands.country: France
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Overseas collectivity
Islands.country_admin_divisions: French Polynesia
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2: Commune
Islands.country_admin_divisions_2: Hao
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Islands.population: Uninhabited
Islands.population_as_of: 2012

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Area: 34
Image: Ahunui north.jpg

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Commons category: Ahunui
time of discovery or invention: 1826-00-00

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Ahunui or Nga-taumanga is a small atoll of the eastern Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 55 km SSE of Paraoa Atoll and 120 km WSW of Vairaatea.

Ahunui Atoll is roughly circular in shape and measures 6.5 km in diameter. It has a land area of approximately 5.4 km2 and a lagoon area of 34 km2. Its lagoon is totally encircled by the reef, so that it is not connected to the ocean by a pass. The islands have coconut plantations on them.