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{{Short description|Atoll in French Polynesia}}
{{Infobox Islands
{{Infobox Islands
| name = Rekareka
| name = Rekareka
| image name = Rekareka map.jpg
| image_name = Rekareka map.jpg
| image caption = Map of Rekareka Atoll
| image_caption = Map of Rekareka Atoll
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| coordinates = {{Coord|16|49|S|141|55|W|type:isle_region:FR-PF|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago = [[Tuamotus]]
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| area_km2 = 2.5
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| country = France
| country = France
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| country_admin_divisions = [[French Polynesia]]
| country admin divisions title 2 = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
| country admin divisions 2 = [[Hao (French Polynesia)|Hao]]
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [[Hao (French Polynesia)|Hao]]
| country admin divisions title 1 = [[French Polynesia#Administrative divisions|Administrative subdivision]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[French Polynesia#Administrative divisions|Administrative subdivision]]
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| population = Uninhabited<ref>{{cite web|title=Population|url=http://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2012/Donnees_detaillees.aspx|website=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française|accessdate=16 October 2014}}</ref>
| population = Uninhabited<ref>{{cite web|title=Population|url=http://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2012/Donnees_detaillees.aspx|website=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française|access-date=16 October 2014|archive-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117231805/http://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2012/Donnees_detaillees.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''Rekareka''', '''Tehuata''' or '''Tu-henua''',<ref>[http://islands.unep.ch/IKM.htm Alternative names]</ref> is an atoll of the [[Tuamotus|Tuamotu Archipelago]] in [[French Polynesia]]. It is located in the Centre East of the group, 83&nbsp;km southeast from [[Raroia]] .<ref name=OCEANDOTS>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/tuamotu/rekareka.php |date=December 23, 2010 |title=Rekareka }}</ref>
'''Rekareka''', '''Tehuata''' or '''Tu-henua''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://islands.unep.ch/IKM.htm |title=Alternative names |access-date=2008-03-07 |archive-date=2012-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314223516/http://islands.unep.ch/IKM.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an atoll of the [[Tuamotus|Tuamotu Archipelago]] in [[French Polynesia]]. It is located in the Centre East of the group, 83&nbsp;km southeast from [[Raroia]],<ref name=OCEANDOTS>{{cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/tuamotu/rekareka.php |title=Rekareka |access-date=2009-03-14 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/tuamotu/rekareka.php |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref>
and lies 70&nbsp;km NW of Tauere, its nearest neighbor. The shoal water of this small atoll extends 0.8&nbsp;km seaward from its northern, western, and southern sides, and about 1.3&nbsp;km from its south-eastern side.<ref>coastalexplorer.net/downloads/guide_books/sailing_directions/enroute_126;download</ref> Rekareka has no fresh water and is uninhabited.<ref name="RPO207">{{cite book
and lies 70&nbsp;km NW of Tauere, its nearest neighbor. The shoal water of this small atoll extends 0.8&nbsp;km seaward from its northern, western, and southern sides, and about 1.3&nbsp;km from its south-eastern side.<ref>coastalexplorer.net/downloads/guide_books/sailing_directions/enroute_126;download</ref> Rekareka has no fresh water and is uninhabited.<ref name="RPO207">{{cite book
|author= United Nations Environment Programme, IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas
|author= United Nations Environment Programme, IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas
|title= Review of the Protected Areas System in Oceania
|title= Review of the Protected Areas System in Oceania
|publisher= The World Conservation Union
|publisher= The World Conservation Union
|location=
|year= 1986
|year= 1986
|pages= [https://archive.org/details/reviewofprotecte0000unse/page/207 207]
|pages= 207
|isbn= 2-88032-509-9
|isbn= 2-88032-509-9
|url= https://archive.org/details/reviewofprotecte0000unse/page/207
|oclc=
|doi=
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[Portuguese discoveries|Portuguese explorer]] serving the Spanish Crown [[Pedro Fernandes de Queirós]] sighted Rekareka during his Pacific expedition on February 13, 1606.<ref>[http://ingles.sge.org/sge03/pboletin8ar.asp Pedro Fernández de Quirós]{{es}}</ref><ref>Kelly, Celsus, O.F.M. ''La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo. The Journal of Fray Martín de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627)'' Cambridge, 1966, p.39,62</ref> The Spaniards named this island "La Sagitaria" and reported that it was inhabited at that time.<ref>[http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/01371630566724836320035/p0000001.htm History]</ref>
[[Portuguese discoveries|Portuguese explorer]] serving the Spanish Crown [[Pedro Fernandes de Queirós]] sighted Rekareka during his Pacific expedition on February 13, 1606.<ref>[http://ingles.sge.org/sge03/pboletin8ar.asp Pedro Fernández de Quirós] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024192726/http://ingles.sge.org/sge03/pboletin8ar.asp |date=2007-10-24 }}{{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>Kelly, Celsus, O.F.M. ''La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo. The Journal of Fray Martín de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627)'' Cambridge, 1966, p.39,62</ref> The Spaniards named this island "La Sagitaria" and reported that it was inhabited at that time.<ref>[http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/01371630566724836320035/p0000001.htm History]</ref>
In some maps this island also appears as "Bonne Esperance" and "Good Hope".<ref>[http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_8_1899/Volume_8,_No._4,_December_1899/Names_of_the_Paumotu_Islands,_by_J.L._Young,_p_264-268?action=null J.L._Young, Names of the Paumotu Islands]</ref>
In some maps this island also appears as "Bonne Esperance" and "Good Hope".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_8_1899/Volume_8,_No._4,_December_1899/Names_of_the_Paumotu_Islands,_by_J.L._Young,_p_264-268?action=null |title=J.L._Young, Names of the Paumotu Islands |access-date=2008-03-07 |archive-date=2012-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210193443/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_8_1899/Volume_8%2C_No._4%2C_December_1899/Names_of_the_Paumotu_Islands%2C_by_J.L._Young%2C_p_264-268?action=null |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Administration==
==Administration==
Administratively Rekareka belongs to the commune of [[Amanu]] which includes the atolls of Rekareka (uninhabited) and [[Tauere]].
Administratively Rekareka belongs to the commune of [[Amanu]] which includes the atolls of Rekareka (uninhabited) and [[Tauere]].
The Amanu commune is associated with the [[Hao (French Polynesia)|Hao]] commune.
The Amanu commune is associated with the [[Hao (French Polynesia)|Hao]] commune.

==See also==
{{Portal|Islands}}
* [[Desert island]]
* [[List of islands]]


==References==
==References==
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Rekareka
Map of Rekareka Atoll
Rekareka is located in French Polynesia
Rekareka
Rekareka
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates16°49′S 141°55′W / 16.817°S 141.917°W / -16.817; -141.917
ArchipelagoTuamotus
Area2.5 km2 (0.97 sq mi) (lagoon)
3.31 km2 (1.3 sq mi) (above water)
Length2.2 km (1.37 mi)
Width1.25 km (0.777 mi)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionTuamotus
CommuneHao
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited[1] (2012)

Rekareka, Tehuata or Tu-henua,[2] is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located in the Centre East of the group, 83 km southeast from Raroia,[3] and lies 70 km NW of Tauere, its nearest neighbor. The shoal water of this small atoll extends 0.8 km seaward from its northern, western, and southern sides, and about 1.3 km from its south-eastern side.[4] Rekareka has no fresh water and is uninhabited.[5]

History

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Portuguese explorer serving the Spanish Crown Pedro Fernandes de Queirós sighted Rekareka during his Pacific expedition on February 13, 1606.[6][7] The Spaniards named this island "La Sagitaria" and reported that it was inhabited at that time.[8] In some maps this island also appears as "Bonne Esperance" and "Good Hope".[9]

Administration

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Administratively Rekareka belongs to the commune of Amanu which includes the atolls of Rekareka (uninhabited) and Tauere. The Amanu commune is associated with the Hao commune.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Alternative names". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  3. ^ "Rekareka". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ coastalexplorer.net/downloads/guide_books/sailing_directions/enroute_126;download
  5. ^ United Nations Environment Programme, IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (1986). Review of the Protected Areas System in Oceania. The World Conservation Union. pp. 207. ISBN 2-88032-509-9.
  6. ^ Pedro Fernández de Quirós Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine(in Spanish)
  7. ^ Kelly, Celsus, O.F.M. La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo. The Journal of Fray Martín de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) Cambridge, 1966, p.39,62
  8. ^ History
  9. ^ "J.L._Young, Names of the Paumotu Islands". Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-03-07.



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