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Taenga, or Taunga-hara, is one of the Tuamotu atolls in French Polynesia. It is located 32 km to the northeast of Makemo Atoll and 27 km to the northwest of Nihiru Atoll. Taenga Atoll is roughly triangular in shape. It measures 27 km in length with a maximum width of 11 km. Taenga's lagoon has an area of 120 km². It is very difficult to enter on account of the currents and the very narrow pass. This atoll currently has 113 inhabitants, most of whom are Mormons who have lived there since 1845.〔 (''The Lost Island of Saints'' ) by Yves and Kathleen Perrin, Ensign, June 1986, 39.〕 ==History== Taenga Atoll was first discovered by John Buyers on 10 March 1803 who named it "Holts Island" on the same day as he discovered Makemo atoll. It was later rediscovered by Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820. In some maps it still appears as "Yermolov". 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「Taenga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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