 NASA picture of Tikei Island | |
  Tikei | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 14°57′S 144°33′W / 14.950°S 144.550°W |
| Archipelago | Tuamotus |
| Area | 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Length | 3.9 km (2.42 mi) |
| Width | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Administration | |
France | |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Administrative subdivision | Tuamotus |
| Commune | Takaroa |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited[1] (2012) |
Tikei, also known as Manu,[2] Tikai and Tiku is an island in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. Tikei is not a typical Tuamotu atoll, as its former lagoon filled in. The island is 3.9 kilometres (2.4 miles) long, 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mile) wide, and has a land area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 square miles). Its highest elevation is 3 metres (9.8 feet) above sea level[3]
Geographically Tikei is part of the King George Islands (Îles du Roi Georges) subgroup, which includes Ahe, Manihi, Takapoto, Takaroa and Tikei.
Tikei is uninhabited. There used to be human habitation and the main village was called Tereporepo. The closest land is Takapoto Atoll, located 73 km to the Northwest. Tikei Island has been poorly researched.
- ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ Young, J.L. (1889). "Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 8 (4): 264–268. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ Dahl, prepared by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas ; in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme; based on the work of Arthur Lyon (1986). Review of the protected areas system in Oceania (Sept. 1986. ed.). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. p. 203. ISBN 2880325099.
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