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Island in French Polynesia
Aukena
View of Aukena from Mangareva
Aukena is located in French PolynesiaAukenaAukena
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates23°06′42″S 134°54′01″W / 23.11167°S 134.90028°W / -23.11167; -134.90028
ArchipelagoTuamotus
Area1.35 km (0.52 sq mi)
Length2.5 km (1.55 mi)
Width0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Highest elevation198 m (650 ft)
Highest point(unnamed)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionÎles Tuamotu-Gambier
CommuneGambier
Demographics
Population40 (2012)
Pop. density30/km (80/sq mi)

Aukena is the 5th largest of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. Aukena is located about halfway between Mangareva and Akamaru, or about 5 km southeast of Mangareva, which is the largest island of the whole Gambier Islands archipelago. Aukena is approximately 2.5 km long and about 0.5 km wide, with a total area of 1.35 km.

Mangarevan oral tradition first mentions the island in the fourteenth century, and archeological excavations show that it has been inhabited since that time.

Gallery

  • Watchtower. Background: Mangareva Island Watchtower. Background: Mangareva Island
  • Watchtower. Background: Mt. Duff Watchtower. Background: Mt. Duff
  • Ruins of Re'e Seminary College, the first college of French Polynesia Ruins of Re'e Seminary College, the first college of French Polynesia
  • Church of St.Raphael Church of St.Raphael
  • Oven for coral lime. Missionaries used it to build various churches in the Gambier Islands. Oven for coral lime. Missionaries used it to build various churches in the Gambier Islands.
  • View from the watchtower. View is of Manui and Kamaka View from the watchtower. View is of Manui and Kamaka

References

  1. "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  2. Green, Roger C.; Weisler, Marshall I. (2002). "The Mangarevan Sequence and Dating of the Geographic Expansion into Southeast Polynesia". Asian Perspectives. 41 (2): 225–229. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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