Temoe

Temoe, or Te Moe, is a small atoll of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the far southeast of the Tuamotu group archipelago. It lies about 37 km southeast from the Gambier Islands and more than southeast from Mataiva, at the other end of the Tuamotu archipelago.

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Islands.name: Temoe
Islands.image_name: Temoe.JPG
Islands.image_caption: NASA picture of Temoe Atoll
Islands.map_image: Karta FP Gambier isl.PNG
Islands.map: French Polynesia
Islands.map_caption: Map of the commune of Gambier, showing to the north-west the islands that are part of the commune but belong to the Tuamotu Archipelago, and to the south-east the Gambier Islands proper (Mangareva, Akamaru, Taravai, Temoe).
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Tuamotus
Islands.area_km2: 12
Islands.area_footnotes: (lagoon) (above water)
Islands.length_km: 6.8
Islands.width_km: 4.2
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

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Area: 12
Image: Temoe.JPG

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Commons category: Temoe
time of discovery or invention: 1797-00-00

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Temoe Atoll is trapezoidal in shape and bound by a continuous reef with many small shallow spillways. It is in length and has a maximum width of . The lagoon has a maximum depth of . Its islands are low and flat and the lagoon has no navigable pass to enter it.