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Tenararo is the smallest atoll in the Acteon Group in the southeastern part of the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia. It is administratively a part of the Gambier Islands. It is uninhabited.

Tenararo

NASA picture of Tenararo Atoll
Tenararo
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	21°18′S 136°45′W
Archipelago	Tuamotus
Area	2 km2 (0.77 sq mi)  (lagoon) 1.6 km2 (0.6 sq mi) (above water)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision	Tuamotus
Commune	Gambier Islands
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited[1] (2012)

Geography

Tenararo is located 6 kilometres (4 miles) west of Vahanga, the nearest island, 115 kilometres (71 miles) west of the Gambier Islands and 1,370 kilometres (850 miles) southeast of Tahiti. It is a circular atoll with a land area of 1.6 square kilometres (0.6 square miles) and a land area of 2 square kilometres (0.8 square miles). The atoll has a landing place on its NW side between the small boulders which encumber the reef. There is no entrance to the lagoon.

History

The first recorded sighting of this atoll was made during the Spanish expedition of the Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernández de Quirós on 5 February 1606 under the name Las Cuatro Coronadas (the "four crowned" (by coconut palms)),[2][3] however these observations were not fully documented. As such, the first unambiguous approach to the island was made on 14 March 1828 by the explorer Hugh Cuming in his ship the Discoverer captained by Samuel Grimwood. The next visit was in 1833 by navigator Thomas Ebrill on his merchant vessel Amphitrite and again in 1837 by Lord Edward Russell, commander of the H.M.S Actaeon, the name given to the group.[4] It was previously owned by a man named Captain Nicholas but was redeemed in 1934.[5]

In the nineteenth century, Tenararo became a French territory, with a population of about 20 Aboriginal people in 1850.[6]

Flora and fauna

The atoll is an important habitat for many endangered species. Species such as the Polynesian ground dove (of which there are less than 120 remaining in the wild), atoll fruit dove, Tuamotu sandpiper, bristle-thighed curlew and Murphy's petrel live on the island.[7] The atoll is free of introduced mammalian predators, making it an essential conservational habitat.

See also

• Matureivavao
• Tenarunga
• Vahanga
• Acteon Group
• Desert island
• List of islands

References

• Sailing Directions, Pub 126, "Pacific Islands" NIMA 2002; page-12

External links

• Atoll list (in French)

На других языках

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[de] Tenararo

Tenararo ist ein Atoll des Tuamotu-Archipels in Französisch-Polynesien. Es gehört zu den Actéon-Inseln und stellt dort das kleinste Atoll der Actéongruppe dar. Administrativ gehört Tenararo zur Gemeinde Gambier. Die Lagune der Insel hat keinen Zugang zum Meer. Außerdem hat das Atoll einen kleinen Landeplatz. Auf dem Atoll sind viele endemische Vogelarten heimisch.

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- [en] Tenararo

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[fr] Tenararo

Tenararo est le plus petit des atolls du Groupe Actéon dans l'archipel des Tuamotu, en Polynésie française. Il est rattaché administrativement aux Îles Gambier.

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[it] Tenararo

Tenararo è un atollo appartenente all'arcipelago delle Isole Tuamotu nella Polinesia francese.

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[ru] Тенараро

Тенараро (фр. Tenararo) — атолл в архипелаге Туамоту (Французская Полинезия) в группе островов Актеон. Административно входит в состав коммуны Гамбье.

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