Aukena

Aukena is the 5th largest of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. Aukena is located about halfway between Mangareva and Akamaru, or about 5 km southeast of Mangareva, which is the largest island of the whole Gambier Islands archipelago. Aukena is approximately 2.5 km long and about 0.5 km wide, with a total area of 1.35 km2.

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Islands.name: Aukena
Islands.image_name: Aukena1.jpg
Islands.image_caption: View of Aukena from Mangareva
Islands.map: French Polynesia
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2: 1.35
Islands.length_km: 2.5
Islands.width_km: 0.5
Islands.highest_mount: (unnamed)
Islands.elevation_m: 198
Islands.country: France
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Overseas collectivity
Islands.country_admin_divisions: French Polynesia
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2: Commune
Islands.country_admin_divisions_2: Gambier

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Population: 31
Area: 1.35
Image: Aukena1.jpg
Width: 1.1
Length: 3.2

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Mangarevan oral tradition first mentions the island in the fourteenth century, and archeological excavations show that it has been inhabited since that time.