Kauehi

Atoll in French Polynesia

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15°52′S 145°8′W / 15.867°S 145.133°W / -15.867; -145.133ArchipelagoTuamotusArea320 km² (120 sq mi) (lagoon)
16 km² (6 sq mi) (above water)Length24 km (14.9 mi)Width18 km (11.2 mi)Administration

France

Overseas collectivityFrench PolynesiaAdministrative subdivisionÎles Tuamotu-GambierCommuneFakaravaLargest settlementTearaveroDemographicsPopulation257^[1] (2012)

Kauehi, or Putake,^[2] is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The nearest land is Raraka Atoll, located 17 km to the Southeast. Kauehi has a wide lagoon measuring 24 km by 18 km. The atoll has a lagoon area of 320 km² (124 sq mi), and a land area of 16 km² (6 sq mi). Kauehi's lagoon has one navigable pass.

The atoll has 257 inhabitants as of 2012^[update]. The main village is called Tearavero.^[3]

History

Even though Kauehi Atoll was probably well known to the pearl traders, the first recorded European to visit it was the Beagle's captain Robert FitzRoy in 1835.^[3]^[4] Kauehi was later visited by the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842. Charles Wilkes called the atoll "Vincennes" after his ship.^[5]

Administration

Kauehi Atoll belongs to the commune of Fakarava, which consists of Fakarava, as well as the atolls of Aratika, Kauehi, Niau, Raraka, Taiaro and Toau.

References

^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Kauehi on tahitiheritage.pf". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
^ Les Atolls des Tuamotu, Jacques Bonvallot, Institut de recherche pour le développement, nakladateľstvo IRD , 1994, ISBN 9782709911757, p. 275-282.
^ United States Exploring Expedition