Motutunga
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Motutunga Atoll is an uninhabited atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 17 km to the east of Tahanea Atoll.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Motutunga
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- NASA picture of Motutunga Atoll
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- French Polynesia
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- Pacific Ocean
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- Tuamotus
- Islands.area_km2
- 126
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- (lagoon) (above water)
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- 15
- Islands.width_km
- 14
- Islands.country
- France
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- Overseas collectivity
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- French Polynesia
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- Commune
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- Anaa
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- Administrative subdivision
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- Tuamotus
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- Uninhabited
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Motutunga Atoll is an uninhabited atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 17 km to the east of Tahanea Atoll.
Motutunga Atoll is roughly triangular in shape. It measures 15 km in length with a maximum width of 14 km. The reef surrounding the atoll is continuous, leaving no channels deep enough for ships to reach the lagoon. Motutunga's lagoon has a surface of 126 km2.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Motutunga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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