Ravahere

{{Short description|Atoll in French Polynesia}}

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| image_name = RavahereISS009-E-6062b.PNG

| image_caption = NASA picture of Ravahere Atoll

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| location = Pacific Ocean

| coordinates = {{Coord|18|13|S|142|09|W|type:isle_region:FR-PF|display=inline,title}}

| archipelago = Tuamotus

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| area_km2 = 57.5

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| length_km = 20

| width_km = 9.5

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| country = {{flagu|France}}

| country_admin_divisions_title = Overseas collectivity

| country_admin_divisions = {{flag|French Polynesia}}

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Commune

| country_admin_divisions_2 = Hikueru

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Administrative subdivision

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Tuamotus

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| population = Uninhabited{{cite web|title=Population|url=http://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2012/Donnees_detaillees.aspx|website=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française|access-date=16 October 2014}}

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Ravahere is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 53 km northwest of Nengonengo Atoll and it is separated by a 2 km sound from Marokau Atoll, its closest neighbor to the north.

Marokau and Ravahere form a minor subgroup of the Tuamotus known as the Two Groups Islands.

Ravahere Atoll is roughly boomerang-shaped. It measures 20 km in length with a maximum width of 9.5 km. The shallow lagoon has a surface area of 57.5 km2, but there is no pass to enter it.

Ravahere is permanently uninhabited.

History

The first recorded European who sighted the two neighboring atolls of Marokau and Ravahere was Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768.{{cite web | url=http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/jcr/~boug2.html | title=A short biography of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville | last=Robson | first=John | year=2005 | access-date=2008-03-03 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227010414/http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/jcr/~boug2.html | archive-date=2008-02-27 }}

Administration

Ravahere belongs to the commune of Hikueru, which consists of the atolls of Hikueru, Marokau, Ravahere, Reitoru and Tekokota.

Gallery

Marokau Atoll.jpg|Map of Marokau and Ravahere atolls

Ravahere.JPG|NASA picture of Ravahere atoll

See also

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References

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