Raraka
Atoll in French Polynesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Raraka, or Te Marie, is an atoll in the west of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It lies 17 km to the southeast of Kauehi Atoll.
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Geography | |
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Location | Pacific Ocean |
Coordinates | 16°10′S 144°54′W |
Archipelago | Tuamotus |
Area | 342 km2 (132 sq mi) (lagoon) 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) (above water) |
Length | 27 km (16.8 mi) |
Width | 19 km (11.8 mi) |
Administration | |
France | |
Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
Administrative subdivision | Îles Tuamotu-Gambier |
Commune | Fakarava |
Demographics | |
Population | 110[1] (2012) |
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The shape of Raraka Atoll is an oval 27 km long and 19 km wide. Its fringing reef has many sandbanks and small motu (islets). This atoll has a wide lagoon with a navigable pass to the ocean.
Raraka has 96 inhabitants (2017).[2] There is only one village on Motutapu in the northwest.
Raraka Atoll in the Tuamotus should not be confused with Raraka in Malaita, Solomon Islands 09°11′S 161°01′W.