Temoe

{{Short description|Small atoll of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia}}

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| name = Temoe

| image_name = Temoe.JPG

| image_caption = NASA picture of Temoe Atoll

| map_image = Karta FP Gambier isl.PNG

| map = French Polynesia

| 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).

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| location = Pacific Ocean

| coordinates = {{Coord|23|20|30|S|134|28|50|W|type:isle_region:FR-PF|display=inline,title}}

| archipelago = Tuamotus

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| area_km2 = 12

| area_footnotes = {{sp}}(lagoon)
{{convert|2.1|km2|1|abbr=on}} (above water)

| length_km = 6.8

| width_km = 4.2

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| country = France

| country_admin_divisions_title = Overseas collectivity

| country_admin_divisions = French Polynesia

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Administrative subdivision

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Îles Tuamotu-Gambier

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Commune

| country_admin_divisions_2 = Gambier

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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=26 September 2014|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329080620/http://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2012/Donnees_detaillees.aspx|url-status=dead}}

| population_as_of = 2012

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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 {{convert|1,700|km|mi|abbr=off}} southeast from Mataiva, at the other end of the Tuamotu archipelago.

Temoe Atoll is trapezoidal in shape and bound by a continuous reef with many small shallow spillways. It is {{convert|6.8|km|mi|1|abbr=off}} in length and has a maximum width of {{convert|4.2|km|mi|1|abbr=off}}. The lagoon has a maximum depth of {{convert|23|m|ft|abbr=off}}.{{Cite web |url=http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/hawau/hawauw97001/hawauw97001_part3.pdf |title=Status of Coral Reefs in French Polynesia |access-date=2011-11-29 |archive-date=2013-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222042/http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/hawau/hawauw97001/hawauw97001_part3.pdf |url-status=dead }} Its islands are low and flat and the lagoon has no navigable pass to enter it.

Temoe is permanently uninhabited. Administratively it belongs to the commune of the Gambier Islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/tuamotu/temoe.php |title=Oceandots - Temoe |accessdate=2016-03-07 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/tuamotu/temoe.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }}

{{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=off}} southwest of Temoe Atoll lies Portland Reef, a submerged shoal lying at a depth of about {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=off}}.[http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atollpol/irdpoly/uksalv85.htm Classification Bernard Salvat (85) : English translation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926093601/http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atollpol/irdpoly/uksalv85.htm |date=2013-09-26 }}