Tureia
Sign in to saveTureia (also called Papahena, Papakena, and Carysfort Island) is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia.
Key facts
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- Tureia
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- Tureia
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- French Polynesia
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- Pacific Ocean
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- Tuamotus
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- 47
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- (lagoon) (above water)
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- 15
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- 8
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- France
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- French Polynesia
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- Commune
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- Tureia
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- Tuamotus
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- Hakamaru
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Tureia (also called Papahena, Papakena, and Carysfort Island) is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia.
Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of ; its total land area is 8 km2. A very long island covers completely its eastern reef. The lagoon has no navigable entrance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tureia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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