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Fangatau, or Nakai-erua, is a small atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. The nearest land is Fakahina Atoll, located 72 km to the ESE. This small atoll has an elongated shape. Its length is 8 km, maximum width 3.5 km. It has a total area of 22.2 km2〔(ICES Journal of Marine Science )〕 (land area 6 km2). Its reef encloses its lagoon completely. Anchorage is difficult. Fangatau Atoll has 145 inhabitants. Teana is the main village. ==History== The first recorded European to arrive to Fangatau was Russian oceanic explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on the 10 July 1820 on ships ''Vostok'' and ''Mirni''. He named this atoll "Arakcheev". Fangatau was the home of Kamake a Iturangi, regarded by anthropologist Kenneth Emory as "the greatest Tuamotuan sage" he ever met. There is a territorial (domestic) airfield in Fangatau which was inaugurated in 1978. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fangatau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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