Marutea Nord

Marutea Nord
NASA picture of Marutea Nord Atoll
Marutea Nord is located in French Polynesia
Marutea Nord
Marutea Nord
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates17°07′S 143°11′W / 17.117°S 143.183°W / -17.117; -143.183
ArchipelagoTuamotus
Area458 km2 (177 sq mi)  (lagoon)
2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) (above water)
Length42 km (26.1 mi)
Width17 km (10.6 mi)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionTuamotus
CommuneMakemo
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited[1] (2012)

Marutea, or Taunga tauranga-e-havana,[2] is one of the Tuamotu atolls in French Polynesia.

  1. ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 7 October 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. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

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