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TheTwo Groups Islands (French:Îles Deux Groupes[ildøɡʁup]) is a minor subgroup of theTuamotus inFrench Polynesia. It is formed by the atolls ofMarokau to the north (populated by 100 people)[1] and the uninhabitedRavahere to the south.[2] The two atolls are separated by a 2 km (1 mi) widesound.[3]
These two neighboringatolls were discovered byLouis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768.[4] It wasJames Cook, however, who named them "Two Groups" the following year. He described Marokau and Revahere as a "chain of islands linked by reefs".[5]
Administratively the Two Groups Islands belong form the territory of the associatedcommune of Marokau, itself part of the commune of Hikueru, which consists of the two atolls of the Two Groups Islands (Marokau andRavahere) and the three atolls of the associated commune of Hikueru (Hikueru,Reitoru andTekokota).
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