Hereheretue
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Map of Hereheretue Atoll Hereheretue or Hiri-oro is an atoll in French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean. It is the northernmost island of the Duke of Gloucester Islands group, or Îles du Duc de Gloucester, a subgroup of the Tuamotu group. Hereheretue's nearest neighbour is Anuanuraro, which is located about 150 km away. It lies 450 km southwest of Hao and 488 km southeast of Tahiti.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Hereheretue
- Islands.image_name
- Hereheretue2.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Hereheretue Atoll
- Islands.map
- French Polynesia
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 23
- Islands.area_footnotes
- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 9
- Islands.width_km
- 7
- 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.country_largest_city
- Otetou
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thumb|right|300px|Map of Hereheretue Atoll Hereheretue or Hiri-oro is an atoll in French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean. It is the northernmost island of the Duke of Gloucester Islands group, or Îles du Duc de Gloucester, a subgroup of the Tuamotu group. Hereheretue's nearest neighbour is Anuanuraro, which is located about 150 km away. It lies 450 km southwest of Hao and 488 km southeast of Tahiti.
Hereheretue Atoll has a roughly trapezoidal shape. Its lagoon is quite deep and has an area of 23 km2. The broad reef completely encloses the lagoon, so that there is no navigable passage to enter it.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hereheretue” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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