Makemo
Makemo, Rangi-kemo or Te Paritua, is an inhabited atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Makemo
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- Makemo2.jpg
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- NASA picture of Makemo Atoll
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- French Polynesia
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- Pacific Ocean
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- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 603
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- (lagoon) (above water)
- Islands.length_km
- 69
- Islands.width_km
- 16.5
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- France
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- Overseas collectivity
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Article
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Makemo, Rangi-kemo or Te Paritua, is an inhabited atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia.
==History== Makemo is the home of legendary Polynesian hero Moeava. The first recorded European to arrive to Makemo Atoll was English pearl merchant John Buyers on the brig Margaret. He arrived at Makemo on 10 March 1803 on the same day he discovered Taenga and named the Makemo Atoll "Phillips Island", after a late sheriff of London, Sir Richard Phillips. In some maps Makemo appears as "Kutusov".
Gallery (2)
On the map
4 mapped locations