Tuanake

Tuanake
NASA picture of Tuanake Atoll
Tuanake is located in French Polynesia
Tuanake
Tuanake
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates16°40′S 144°13′W / 16.667°S 144.217°W / -16.667; -144.217
ArchipelagoTuamotus
Area26 km2 (10 sq mi)  (lagoon)
6 km2 (2 sq mi) (above water)
Length9.5 km (5.9 mi)
Width6.5 km (4.04 mi)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionTuamotus
CommuneMakemo
Demographics
Population6[1] (2017)

Tuanake or Mata-rua-puna[2] is a small atoll located in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It made up the Raevski Islands subgroup with Tepoto Sud and Hiti. It is administratively attached to the municipality of Makemo.

  1. ^ "Répartition de la population de la Polynésie française par île en 2017" (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (ISPF). Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  2. ^ (in English) J.L. Young (December 1899). "Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the Old Names So Far As They Are Known". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 8 (4): 264–8.