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Temoe, or Te Moe, is a small atoll of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the far southeast of the Tuamotu group archipelago. It lies about 37 km southeast from the Gambier Islands and more than 1700 km southeast from Mataiva, at the other end of the Tuamotu archipelago. Temoe Atoll is trapezoidal in shape and bound by a continuous reef with many small shallow spillways. It is 6.8 km long and has a maximum width of 4.2 km. The lagoon has a maximum depth of 23 m.〔(Status of Coral Reefs in French Polynesia )〕 Its islands are low and flat and the lagoon has no navigable pass to enter it. Temoe is permanently uninhabited. Administratively it belongs to the commune of the Gambier Islands. 25 km southwest of Temoe Atoll lies Portland Reef, a submerged shoal lying at a depth of about 10 m.〔(Classification Bernard Salvat (85) : English translation )〕 ==History== Temoe was formerly inhabited. There are ancient Polynesian archaeological remains on this lonely atoll; foremost among these are temple structures (marae).〔(Mangareva )〕 It is said that buccaneer Edward Davis might have arrived at Temoe and Mangareva in 1686. But there is no historical proof of this fact.〔(The Geographical Journal, Vol. 65, No. 6, Jun., 1925 - The Riddle of the Pacific )〕 The first recorded European to effectively arrive at Temoe was British mariner James Wilson on ship ''Duff'' in 1797. Captain Wilson named this atoll "Crescent Island".〔(- The Geographical Journal, Vol. 50, No. 1, Jul., 1917 - Notes on Easter Island )〕 In 1838 Christian missionaries moved all the inhabitants of Temoe to Mangareva to help in construction work.〔(Mangareva, Tahiti - Death of a People )〕 There is an account of fact mixed with fantasy about "Crescent Island". The author is Mr. William (Bill) Turner from Cypress, Texas.〔(Links to Micro-national and Fantasy coins: Listings C3 )〕 Turner has even minted Crescent Island currecy, known as "Poa".〔(Crescent Island )〕 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「Temoe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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