Tahanea

{{Short description|Atoll in French Polynesia}}

{{Infobox Islands

| name = Tahanea

| image_name = Tahanea.JPG

| image_caption = NASA picture of Tahanea Atoll

| map = French Polynesia

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| location = Pacific Ocean

| coordinates = {{Coord|16|50|S|144|45|W|type:isle_region:FR-PF|display=inline,title}}

| archipelago = Tuamotus

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| area_km2 = 522.5

| area_footnotes = {{sp}}(lagoon)
{{convert|9.5|km2|1|abbr=on}} (above water)

| length_km = 48

| width_km = 15.2

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| country = France

| country_admin_divisions_title = Overseas collectivity

| country_admin_divisions = French Polynesia

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Commune

| country_admin_divisions_2 = Anaa

| 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|accessdate=20 October 2014}}

| population_as_of = 2012

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Tahanea Atoll is an uninhabited atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=off}} to the east of Faaite Atoll.

Tahanea Atoll measures {{convert|48|km|mi|abbr=out}} in length with a maximum width of {{convert|15.2|km|mi|1|abbr=off}}. The southern reef fringing the atoll is wider than the northern one, but the largest islands are on the narrower northern rim. Tahanea has a wide and deep lagoon with a surface of {{convert|545|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}} . There are three deep, navigable, passes into the lagoon, which are called Motupuapua, Teavatapu and Otao.

Tahanea is uninhabited, but visited occasionally by islanders from neighboring atolls.