Tenarunga

Tenarunga
NASA picture of Tenarunga Atoll
Tenarunga is located in French Polynesia
Tenarunga
Tenarunga
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates21°19′S 136°32′W / 21.317°S 136.533°W / -21.317; -136.533
ArchipelagoTuamotus
Area5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)  (lagoon)
2.3 km2 (0.9 sq mi) (above water)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionÎles Tuamotu-Gambier
CommuneGambier
Demographics
Population10-50[1] (2022)
Map of Tenarunga Atoll

Tenarunga or Tenania, previously Narunga[2] and formerly Minto Island,[3] is a low, wooded atoll in the Acteon Group in the southeastern part of the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia. It is administratively a part of the Gambier Islands. The atoll has a population of between 10 and 50 people.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Relation: Tenarunga (1847368)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. ^ Quanchi, Max; Robson, John (2005). Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands. Scarecrow. p. xxiii. ISBN 9780810865280. Retrieved 4 July 2019.