 NASA picture of Temoe Atoll | |
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  Temoe | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 23°20′30″S 134°28′50″W / 23.34167°S 134.48056°W |
| Archipelago | Tuamotus |
| Area | 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi) (lagoon) 2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi) (above water) |
| Length | 6.8 km (4.23 mi) |
| Width | 4.2 km (2.61 mi) |
| Administration | |
France | |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Administrative subdivision | Tuamotus |
| Commune | Gambier Islands |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited[1] (2012) |
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 1,700 kilometres (1,100 miles) 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 6.8 kilometres (4.2 miles) in length and has a maximum width of 4.2 kilometres (2.6 miles). The lagoon has a maximum depth of 23 metres (75 feet).[2] 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.[3]
25 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of Temoe Atoll lies Portland Reef, a submerged shoal lying at a depth of about 10 metres (33 feet).[4]
- ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Status of Coral Reefs in French Polynesia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ^ "Oceandots - Temoe". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Classification Bernard Salvat (85) : English translation Archived 2013-09-26 at the Wayback Machine