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Akiaki

Coordinates:18°33′S139°13′W / 18.550°S 139.217°W /-18.550; -139.217
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Atoll in French Polynesia
Akiaki
Map of Akiaki Atoll
Akiaki is located in French Polynesia
Akiaki
Akiaki
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates18°33′S139°13′W / 18.550°S 139.217°W /-18.550; -139.217
ArchipelagoTuamotus
Area1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Length2 km (1.2 mi)
Width0.9 km (0.56 mi)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionÎles Tuamotu-Gambier
CommuneNukutavake
Demographics
Population13[1] (2020)

Akiaki[2] is a lowcoralatoll in the eastern area of theTuamotu Archipelago,French Polynesia. Akiaki's nearest neighbor isVahitahi, which is located 41 km to the southeast.

Akiaki is a small atoll rising barely abovesea level. The total land surface is only 1.3 km2. Itsreef is occupied by a single flat island covered withcoconut trees and othervegetation. There is nolagoon and it has only a difficult landing located on its northwestern side.

Akiaki is barely inhabited with a rough total of 13 residents, its occasionally visited by tourists for its coconut plantations. Akiaki maintains a small fishing port used by the residents as their source of revenue.

History

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The first map of Akiaki (île des Lanciers) published in 1768 by Bougainville during his voyage on March 22, 1768. "Les 4 Facardins" refer to Vahitahi.

The first recordedEuropean that arrived to Akiaki Atoll wasLouis Antoine de Bougainville on 22 March 1768.[3] He called this atollIle des Lanciers.James Cook reached Akiaki the following year, during his first voyage, and named itThrum Island.

Geology

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Akiaki lies on top of a smallseamount which is part of theTuamotu Seamount Trail on thePacific Plate. Akiaki's seamount is 3420 m high.

Administration

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Administratively Akiaki Atoll belongs to thecommune ofNukutavake, which includes Nukutavake, as well as the atolls ofVahitahi,Vairaatea,Pinaki and Akiaki.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Population".Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Archived fromthe original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved23 September 2014.
  2. ^Young, J.L. (1899)."Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known".Journal of the Polynesian Society.8 (4):264–268. Retrieved7 January 2015.
  3. ^Salmond, Anne (2010).Aphrodite's Island. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 93.ISBN 9780520261143.


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