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Napuka

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Napuka Atoll is 10.5 km long and about 4 km wide. Its reef is quite broad, completely enclosing the lagoon. The total dry land area of the thirty islands on Napuka's reef is 8 km. The surface of the lagoon is 18 km.
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French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française
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The first recorded European to reach Napuka Atoll was the British explorer
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It is located only 15 km to the southeast of 1234: 718: 406: 390: 378: 370: 362: 354: 342: 330: 320: 242: 227: 222: 212: 200: 188: 176: 162: 154: 146: 132: 122: 85: 75: 70: 556: 462:Napuka has 255 inhabitants according to the 2022 136:18 km (6.9 sq mi)  (lagoon) 511:of Napuka consists of the atolls of Napuka and 1363: 668: 8: 559:The Great United States Exploring Expedition 19: 1370: 1356: 722: 675: 661: 653: 239: 25: 18: 532: 530: 528: 648:A journey to the Disappointment Islands 524: 405: 389: 377: 361: 353: 319: 284: 266: 257: 369: 341: 329: 275: 7: 1324: 1322: 485:Napuka was visited by the historic 237:Commune in French Polynesia, France 1342:. 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NASA
Napuka is located in French Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
14°10′12″S 141°13′52″W / 14.17000°S 141.23111°W / -14.17000; -141.23111
Tuamotus
above water
Overseas collectivity
French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision
Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Commune
Tepukamaruia
Commune


14°10′12″S 141°13′52″W / 14.17011°S 141.23106°W / -14.17011; -141.23106
France
Overseas collectivity
French Polynesia
Subdivision
Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Time zone
UTC−10:00
INSEE
98730
coral
atoll
Disappointment Islands
Tuamotu Archipelago

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