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Anuanuraro is a small atoll. It measures 5.3 km in length, with a maximum width of 3.2 km and a land area of 2.2 km. Its shape is roughly square and its lagoon is totally enclosed by the fringing reef.
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Administratively the four atolls of the Duke of Gloucester Islands, including the uninhabited ones of Anuanuraro, Anuanuruga and
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This atoll has an airfield which was built by Wan's company, Wan-Polynésie. It was opened in 1982 but is now in disuse.
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on 4 February 1606. With the other three atolls of the Duke of Gloucester Islands they were named
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from Jacques Bonvallot, Institut de recherche pour le développement, éditions de l'IRD, 1994,
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A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean
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First sighting recorded by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of
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visited the Duke of Gloucester islands in 1767. He named this atoll
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Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française
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NASA
Anuanuraro is located in French Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
20°26′13″S 143°32′15″W / 20.43694°S 143.53750°W / -20.43694; -143.53750
Tuamotus
above water
Overseas collectivity
French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision
Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Commune
Hao
atoll
French Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
Duke of Gloucester Islands
Tuamotu
Anuanurunga
Pedro Fernández de Quirós
Philip Carteret
Robert Wan
Nukutepipi
commune
Hereheretue
Hao
"Population"
the original
"Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known"
the original

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