Tekokota

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Tekokota
Geography
Location Pacific Ocean
Coordinates 17°19′S142°37′W / 17.317°S 142.617°W / -17.317; -142.617
Archipelago Tuamotus
Area5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi)(lagoon)
0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi) (above water)
Length5 km (3.1 mi)
Width3.5 km (2.17 mi)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivity French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision Tuamotus
Commune Hikueru
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited [1] (2012)

Tekokota is one of the Central Tuamotu atolls, located close to the geographic center of the archipelago.

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Tekokota Atoll is one of the smallest atolls of the Tuamotus. Its islands have a total land mass of only 0.9 square kilometres (0.3 square miles).

Tekokota's shape is roughly oval and it is 5 kilometres (3 miles) in length and 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) in width. The western side of Tekokota Atoll is submerged. The surface of its shallow central lagoon is 5.1 square kilometres (2.0 square miles).

Tekokota Atoll is uninhabited. The closest land to Tekokota is Hikueru Atoll, located 22 km to the south. [2]

History

Tekokota was first sighted by James Cook in 1773. He named Tekokota Atoll "Doubtful".

Months later Spanish explorer José de Andía called this atoll, "La del Peligro" (The Dangerous One). A few days later, another Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea sighted Tekokota on ship Aguila. He named this atoll "Los Mártires". [3]

The island is described from the perspective of a castaway from Hikueru in Jack London's short story "The House of Mapuhi" in South Sea Tales (1911).

Administration

Tekokota Atoll belongs to the commune of Hikueru, which consists of the atolls of Hikueru, Marokau, Ravahere, Reitoru and Tekokota.

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References

  1. ↑ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Oceandots". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ NZTEC - Boenechea and Gayangos



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