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Takume
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Takume or Pukamaru is an atoll of the Tuamotus chain in French Polynesia, located 790 km northeast of Tahiti and 6 km northeast of Raroia and to the west of Fangatau.

Key facts

Islands.name
Takume
Islands.image_name
Takume.JPG
Islands.image_caption
NASA picture of Takume Atoll
Islands.map
French Polynesia
Islands.location
Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago
Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2
43.5
Islands.area_footnotes
(lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km
24
Islands.width_km
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
Makemo
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
Administrative subdivision
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
Tuamotus
Islands.country_largest_city
Ohomo

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
atoll
Part of
Tuamotus
Country
France
Located in
Makemo
Area
43.5
Time zone
UTC−10:00
Body of water
Pacific Ocean
Image
Takume2.jpg
Width
5
Length
24
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Commons category
Takume
located in/on physical feature
Tuamotus
time of discovery or invention
1606-02-15
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Encyclopedic overview

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Takume or Pukamaru is an atoll of the Tuamotus chain in French Polynesia, located 790 km northeast of Tahiti and 6 km northeast of Raroia and to the west of Fangatau.

This elongated atoll measures . Its lagoon has an area of

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Takume” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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