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	Pacific Ocean - Tuamotu Archipelago
		Some of the atolls of the Tuamotu Archipelago are amongst the largest and most impressive of atolls found anywhere on earth — with Rangiroa and Fakarava being the largest of the Tuamotu atolls.
		In the south of the archipelago are (7) the South Group: Fangataufa, Marutea Sud, Morane, Mururoa, Tematangi, Tureia and Vanavana; and to the east the (8) Acteon Group: Tenararo, Vahanga, Tenarunga, and Matureivavao.
		Politically the archipelago is split into 17 communes: in the west: Rangiroa, Takaroa, Manihi, Arutua and Fakarava; in the centre: Anaa, Makemo, Hikueru, Hao; in the east, Napuka, Pukapuka, Fangatau, Tatakoto, Nukutuvake and Reao; and in the south: Tureia and Gambier.
	www.oceandots.com /pacific/tuamotu (483 words)

	Tuamotu Islands, Tuamotu Island Group - French Polynesia
		Tuamotu is an archipelago comprising 78 low islands or coral atolls scattered over several hundred miles of the eastern Pacific.
		Rangiroa, with its 42 mile long by 16 mile wide turquoise lagoon, is the largest atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago and the second largest in the world.
		Manihi is an atoll 312 miles northeast of Tahiti in the Tuamotu Archipelago.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /fr_polynesia/about_destin/tuamotu_isl.html (690 words)

	Earth from Space: A blue lagoon -- Niau atoll, Tuamotu
		The Tuamotu is the largest chain of atolls in the world, stretching some 2000 kilometres, and has a total land area of 850 square kilometres.
		The Tuamotu Archipelago, first discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, is divided into nine groups, with Niau belonging to the Centre West Group.
		The archipelago was dubbed the ‘Dangerous Archipelago’ a couple hundred years ago because a high number of ships wrecked on its reefs and atolls.
	www.surfersvillage.com /surfing/24077/news.htm (363 words)

	Tuamotu Islands (Tuamotu and Gambier Islands, French Polynesia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Tuamotu is the biggest of the five archipelagos of French Polynesia.
		The flag of the Tuamotu, of ratio 2:3, is horizontally divided red-white-red (1:1:1) with a blue vertical stripe placed along the hoist and stretching over 2/7 of the flag length.
		According to the Flags of Paradise chart [brt96], the flag of the Kingdom of Tuamotu is in ratio 3:5, horizontally divided red-white-red with a vertical blue stripe along the hoist and a row of eight red stars in the white stripe.
	www.crwflags.com /FOTW/flags/pf-tg-tm.html (692 words)

	Kz's Page French Polynesia Tuamotu Archipelago Group A
		Most islands in Tuamotu are atolls while Macatea is the only island in upheaval coral reef, and has no lagoon.
		Apataki is one of the quit large atolls in Tuamotu, whose size of the atoll is 31km long and 25km wide.
		This is one of the Central Tuamotu atolls.
	www.asahi-net.or.jp /~ex8k-kwmr/fs01_sc_tuamotu_a.html (974 words)

	Tuamotus Resorts - South Pacific - French Polynesia - Honeymoon Vacations International
		The Tuamotus appear as if almost one hundred pearl necklaces were gracefully tossed upon the ocean.
		Located in the North Tuamotu archipelago, is a 1 hour 40 minutes flight from Tahiti (312 miles)..
		It contains two principal villages: Rotoava (pop.250+) (airfield) in the north east, near the pass of Garuae which, at one kilometer wide, is the largest in French Polynesia, and Tetamanu, former chief town of the island, situated beside the southern pass of Tumakohua.
	www.vacationsintl.com /SouthPacific/FrenchPolynesia/Tuamotus/Main.htm (1119 words)

	AllRefer.com - Tuamotu Archipelago (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Tuamotu Archipelago[tOOAmO´tOO] Pronunciation Key or Low Archipelago, coral island group (2002 pop.
		A small part of the group is governed with the Gambier Islands; Makatea Island is under the administration of the Society Islands.
		The Tuamotu group was formerly called Paumotu, or Dangerous Archipelago, because hundreds of ships have been wrecked on its reefs and atolls.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tuamotu.html (250 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Tuamotu
		The archipelago comprises 75 atolls, one raised coral atoll (Makatea), and innumerable coral reefs, roughly dispersed northwest-southeast as a double chain for over 900 miles (1,450 km).
		It is the southeasternmost extension of the Tuamotu Archipelago.
		The center of the island was once a solid mass of phosphate that was mined jointly by the British and the French until 1966, when the phosphate reserves were depleted.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Tuamotu (611 words)

	Pearl Beach Resorts - Diving in the Tuamotu Archipelago
		The largest of the Polynesian archipelagoes has come back to life through the establishment of 250 pearl farms.
		The Tuamotu Archipelago is the oldest group of Tahitian Islands geologically speaking.
		Drift dives are generally orgainized to ride the current from outside the reef into the lagoon through these passes.
	www.pearlresorts.com /common/tuamotu-diving.php?origin=manihi (183 words)

	Presidency of French Polynesia - The Tuamotu Archipelago
		This is the biggest of the five archipelagoes of French Polynesia.
		The modest homes found in the Tuamotu Archipelago are made charming by their typical whitewashed walls.
		They are made all the more charming by their special decorations, which include colorful patchwork pillows, cushions and “tifaifai” (quilts and walling hangings) as well as necklaces and many other objects made from shells.
	www.presidence.pf /index.php?843 (336 words)

	Princess Cruises : Ports of Call : Tuamotu Atolls, French Polynesia (Scenic Criusing)
		The Tuamotu Archipelago forms the Earth's largest group of atolls.
		From Mataiva in the north to Temoe in the far south, this archipelago forms a loose chain stretching northwesterly to southeasterly across the South Pacific for more than a mile.
		The atolls of Tuamotu are some of the largest and most impressive in the world.
	www.princess.com /ports/tuamotu_H.html (148 words)

	Tahiti Vacation -Rangiroa Manihi Tikehau Fakarava Tuamotus- Discount Holiday Wedding- Travel Services
		About 200 miles northeast of Tahiti lies the Tuamotu Archipelago, composed of the largest collection of coral atolls in the world.
		The waters of the Tuamotus are the snorkler's and scuba diver's dream.
		As the Tuamotus are sparsely populated, social life on the atolls revolves around your hotel, where you'll enjoy the companionship of fellow adventurers from around the world.
	www.off2tahiti.com /tuamotus.htm (381 words)

	Tuamotu
		The Tuamotu is an enormous arc of coral atolls, the arc stretches one thousand miles, comprising of seventy six islands.
		True Atolls have unbroken reefs, mostly the reefs are broken forming passes and islets into a lagoon.
		The Tuamotu is known as the dangerous archipelago for good reason.
	www.geocities.com /divaahoy2001/tuamotu/tuamotu.html (202 words)

	MAB France - Biosphere Reserve Taiaro Atoll / Tuamotu Archipelago.
		Created in 1977, the biosphere reserve of Taiaro is situated in the Tuamotu archipelago 540 km north east of Tahiti.
		Taiaro is an atoll, that is to say a ring-shaped island built up on an ancient volcano that has sunk into the ocean under the action of the drift of the Pacific Ocean floor.
		This new group is to be called the Tuamotu Biosphere Reserve.
	www.mab-france.org /eng/reserves/R_taiaro.html (201 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Tuamotu tropical moist forests (OC0115)
		The Tuamotus and Gambier Islands are largely atolls, while the Pitcairn group consists of raised limestone islands and high islands.
		Atolls in the southeast of the Tuamotu archipelago are some of the most devastated and most pristine in the Pacific.
		In the Tuamotus, there are still substantial areas of forest left on Makatea Island where the Polynesian pigeon (Ducula aurorae) survives in small numbers as well as the Makatea fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus) and Tuamotu reed-warbler (Acrocephalus atypha).
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/oc/oc0115_full.html (2036 words)

	Tahiti Tourisme - Official Web Site
		The Tuamotu Atolls – Tahiti’s Strand of Pearls
		The Tuamotu Archipelago is located northeast of Tahiti, and includes a vast array of stunning islands and atolls.
		The resorts in the Tuamotu atollss are as different as the islands themselves.
	www.tahiti-tourisme.com /journalists/PK/tuamotu.asp (568 words)

	Kz's Page French Polynesia Tuamotu Archipelago Group E
		Though Amanu is a comparatively large atoll in the southeast region of the Tuamotu Archipelago, there is not an airfield.
		Hao is a large atoll in the central part of the Tuamotu Archipelago.
		Nukutavake is an atoll located in the eastern part of the Tuamotu Archipelago.
	www.asahi-net.or.jp /~ex8k-kwmr/fs01_sc_tuamotu_e.html (887 words)

	Gambier Islands - French Polynesia - Mark Moxon, Travel Writer
		The Austral Archipelago, seven islands lying due south of the Society Islands, and home to the southern islands in French Polynesia.
		The Tuamotu Archipelago, the biggest of the five archipelagoes, which stretches in a 1000-mile line southeast from Tahiti and contains Hao, Makemo, Amanu and Mururoa among the 76 Tuamotuan islands.
		The Tuamotus are mainly atolls, and as such they're beautiful but a pain to navigate because atolls aren't visible until you're very close: then again, that's part of their charm.
	www.moxon.net /french_polynesia/gambier_islands.html (1027 words)

	National Geographic Adventure Mag.: Tuamotus Photo Gallery
		French Polynesia's Tuamotu Islands as seen from the hull of a kayak and beneath the deep blue waters at the heart of the South Pacific
		For photographer Peter McBride, a journey to paradise was simply part of the job when he was asked to join writer Jon Bowermaster on assignment in the Tuamotu Archipelago (read excerpt "Journey to Water World" in the August 2003 issue).
		The 78-island archipelago is composed of atolls—rings of coral and sandy islets called motus that are strung around a central lagoon.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /adventure/0308/photo_index.html (380 words)

	The Tuamotu Archipelago
		We were underway for three days on the 550 mile passage from Nuku Hiva to Manihi in the Tuamotus.
		They consist of hundreds of miles of low lying coral atolls and reefs that are much more difficult to see than the towering volcanic mountains of the Marquesas or Society Islands.
		Rangiroa is the largest of the Tuamotu atolls.
	www.qsl.net /n5xx/tuamotus.htm (1254 words)

	PURECOLOR-SHARKS!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The Tuamotu Archipelago is a small chain of islands in French Polynesia.
		Rangiroa is a small atoll within the Tuamotu Archipelago.
		Unlike many of the breathtakingly beautiful volcanic islands in French Polynesia such as Moorea and Bora Bora, Rangiroa is a small, flat ring of coral, barely three feet above the water line.
	www.purecolor.com /shark.html (237 words)

	Yacht charter in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia
		Yacht charter in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia
		Lying approximately 300 miles northeast of the island of Tahiti, the Tuamotu Archipelago is the world's largest collection of coral atolls.
		Tuamotu offer only crewed yachts charter, catamaran and sailboat.
	www.pacific-adventure.com /tuamotu-yacht-charter.php3 (100 words)

	french polynesia map and information page
		Of these, the Society archipelago is certainly the most famous.
		The Tuamotu archipelago (in contrast to the other groups) includes only low-lying coral atolls (78 in all), and of these, only a handful have passable inlets into their central lagoons.
		Rangiroa, the largest coral atoll in French Polynesia, is famed for its natural beauty, and remains a favorite of travelers from across the globe.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/oceania/pf.htm (450 words)

	Scuba Diving the Tuamotu Islands of French Polynesia- Tahiti Sun Travel Network
		The Tuamotu Islands are well known throughout the world as one of the most spectacular diving destinations imaginable.
		Numbering 78, the Tuamotu chain is the largest chain of atolls in the world.
		All the Tuamotu atolls are surrounded by steep dropoffs and cliffs overlooking vast expanses of remote and tropical south pacific ocean waters.
	www.tuamotu-islands.com /todo/scuba.html (1602 words)

	Tahiti Legends' Rangiroa, Manihi, Tikehau and Fakarava. Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia. Vacation packages, scuba ...
		It is since that time that the islands of Polynesia have been spread across such a large expanse of the Great Ocean.
		Ruled by the rhythms of the wind and sea, the Tuamotus Archipelago is the world's largest collection of coral atolls.
		Rangiroa is the largest of the atolls with its 42-mile long and 16-mile wide lagoon of incomparable brilliance and color.
	www.tahitilegends.com /south-sea/rangiroa/index.html (418 words)

	Tahiti Travel-The Atolls of Tahiti and the Tuamotu Atolls
		In contrast to the dramatic peaks of the high islands such as Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora the low islands of the Tuamotu are green rings of coral reef surrounding a central turquoise lagoon.
		The Tuamotu Archipelago comprises 78 coral atolls, scattered over several hundred miles of the eastern Pacific Ocean governed by French Polynesia.
		In the small villages, usually located near the pass, the visitor can discover the true flavor of the Tuamotu.
	www.tahiti-explorer.com /tuamotu.html (423 words)

	Micro-Mollusks From The Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia
		In June 2005, I spent several weeks in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, an archipelago composed of low coral atolls supporting a rich molluscan fauna.
		However, in this trip I decided to concentrate on collecting micro-mollusks in the four atolls that I visited by gathering "grunge" with a net at the small areas of sandy beach that now and then showed between rocks, and at the innumerable tide pools in the extensive rocky flats exposed at low tide.
		Most species were selected to record the taxa in the archipelago, such as is he case of Vexillum cosmani, or because I was not able to identify the species.
	www.jaxshells.org /emiliog.htm (483 words)

	Tuamotu Atoll Surfing :: World Surfaris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		However, the Tuamotu Atolls offer some of the most extreme scuba diving in the world and it is possible while at some of the islands to link up with one of the many licensed dive operations in the Tuamotus, where gear could be rented as part of a day-long excursion.
		Chris began exploring the Tuamotus in 1995 first scouting it by air in Air Tahiti planes and then onboard freighters with a zodiac strapped to the deck.
		Francois is a local Paumotu (from the Tuamotus) with invaluable local knowledge in terms of both the fishing and spearfishing sites within the atolls as well as snorkeling and diving sites and other sites of interests.
	www.worldsurfaris.com /2002/tuamotu/tua_home.asp (929 words)

	Scuba Diving the Tuamotu Islands of French Polynesia- Tahiti Sun Travel Network
		The Tuamotu Islands are well known throughout the world as one of the most spectacular diving destinations imaginable.
		Numbering 78, the Tuamotu chain is the largest chain of atolls in the world.
		All the Tuamotu atolls are surrounded by steep dropoffs and cliffs overlooking vast expanses of remote and tropical south pacific ocean waters.
	www.manihi.com /todo/scuba.html (1602 words)

	History of Tahiti and her islands by The Tahiti Traveler
		From these archipelagos, a new migration wave started, settling the Hawaiian islands (USA) around 300-400 AD, Easter Island (Chile) from 400-500 AD, and finally New Zealand from 700-800 AD.
		The Austral archipelago was colonized around year 950 AD while Tuamotu and Gambier migrations are dated around the 12
		Settlements of Polynesian islands are deeply related to the art of navigation and to the sea, sky and stars knowledge.
	www.thetahititraveler.com /general/historyorig.asp (758 words)

	Tuamotu Archipelago : Travel to Tahiti, South Pacific : Travel adventure packages, deals, vacations, tours
		Tuamotu Archipelago : Travel to Tahiti, South Pacific : Travel adventure packages, deals, vacations, tours
		Features: Lying approximately 300 miles northeast of the island of Tahiti, the Tuamotu Archipelago is the world's largest collection of coral atolls.
		Our well traveled staff is able to provide you with personal insights to the uncommon destinations on the planet.
	www.uncommonadventures.com /index.php?func=accomodation&accomodation_id=54 (471 words)

	Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia current local time from WorldTimeServer.com
		Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia current local time from WorldTimeServer.com
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