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Vanavana, Kurataki, or Huataki is an atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 in the southeastern area of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia
French Polynesia

French Polynesia is a France overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory ....
. Vanavana's nearest neighbor is Tureia
Tureia

Tureia is an atoll in the Tuamotus in French Polynesia.Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of 8 km. A very long island covers completely its eastern reef....
, which is located 58 km to the east.

Vanavana is a small oval-shaped atoll. It measures approximately 5 km in length and has a maximum width of 3.2 km. Its reef encloses completely the deep lagoon, which is 61 km2. There is one hook-shaped large island in the north and another in the south of its reef.

Vanavana Atoll is uninhabited.

first recorded European to arrive to Vanavana was British mariner Captain Frederick Beechey in 1826.






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Vanavana, Kurataki, or Huataki is an atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 in the southeastern area of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia
French Polynesia

French Polynesia is a France overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory ....
. Vanavana's nearest neighbor is Tureia
Tureia

Tureia is an atoll in the Tuamotus in French Polynesia.Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of 8 km. A very long island covers completely its eastern reef....
, which is located 58 km to the east.

Vanavana is a small oval-shaped atoll. It measures approximately 5 km in length and has a maximum width of 3.2 km. Its reef encloses completely the deep lagoon, which is 61 km2. There is one hook-shaped large island in the north and another in the south of its reef.

Vanavana Atoll is uninhabited.

History

The first recorded European to arrive to Vanavana was British mariner Captain Frederick Beechey in 1826. He named this atoll "Barrow Island", after Sir John Barrow.

Administration

Administratively Vanavana Atoll belongs to the commune of Tureia
Tureia

Tureia is an atoll in the Tuamotus in French Polynesia.Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of 8 km. A very long island covers completely its eastern reef....
, which includes the atolls of Tureia, Fangataufa
Fangataufa

Fangataufa is a small, low, narrow, coral atoll in the eastern side of the Tuamotu Archipelago. Along with its neighboring atoll, Moruroa, it has been the site of approximately 200 nuclear bomb tests....
, Moruroa
Moruroa

Mururoa , also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean....
, Tematangi
Tematangi

Tematangi or Tematangui is an atoll in the southeastern area of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Tematangi's nearest neighbor is Mururoa, which is located 161 km to the ESE....
 and Vanavana
Vanavana

Vanavana, Kurataki, or Huataki is an atoll in the southeastern area of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Vanavana's nearest neighbor is Tureia, which is located 58 km to the east....
.

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