Tenararo
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Atoll
An atoll is a coral island that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.- Usage :The word atoll comes from the Dhivehi word atholhu OED...
in the Acteon Group
Acteon Group
The Acteon Group is a subgroup of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is located about 1,400 km south-southeast of Tahiti and southeast of the main Tuamotu atoll cluster and is rather isolated...
in the southeastern part of the Tuamotu Islands. This atoll is the smallest of the group.
Tenararo Atoll has a landing place on its NW side between the small boulders which encumber the reef. There is no entrance to the lagoon.
Administration
Administratively Tenararo, like the rest of the Acteon group, belongs to the municipalityMunicipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of the Gambier Islands
Gambier Islands
There was a time when the Gambiers hosted a population of several thousand people and traded with other island groups including the Marquesas, the Society Islands and Pitcairn Islands...
.