Tauere Atoll or Taouere, also known as Te Putua, is a small atoll of the central

Tuamotu Archipelago The Tuamotu Archipelago or the Tuamotu Islands (french: Îles Tuamotu, officially ) are a French Polynesian chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean. They constitute the largest chain of atolls in the world, extendin ...

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. It is located northwest of Hao Atoll's westernmost point. Tauere Atoll is squarish in shape. It measures across. The islands are located on its northern and eastern sides. Its lagoon is not connected to the ocean by a pass, which makes this small atoll quite inaccessible. Tauere has only 3 inhabitants. In 2007 it had 7 inhabitants.

History

The first European recorded sight of the atoll was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernandez de Quirós on 12 February 1606. They charted it as ''La Decena''. Tauere was again sighted by Spanish navigator

Domingo de Boenechea Domingo Bernardo de Bonechea Andonaegui ( eu, Domingo Bonetxea Andonaegi), born on September 21, 1713, in Getaria, Basque Country, Spain, died in Tahiti on January 26, 1775, was a captain in the Spanish Royal Navy and an explorer for the Spanish ...

on October 28, 1772 on the ship ''Aguila''. He sailed from

Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists o ...

on September 26, 1772, to establish a colony on Tahiti. He called this atoll ''San Simon y Judas''. Hence this atoll appears in some maps as ''St. Simon''.

Administration

Administratively Tauere belongs to the commune of

Amanu Amanu, Timanu, or Karere, is an atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago. Amanu lies at right angles to neighbouring Hao Atoll; this orientation is quite rare for the Tuamotu atolls. It is situated 900 km east of Tahiti and 15 km north of Hao ...

(Main village: Ikitake) which includes the atolls of

Rekareka Rekareka, Tehuata or Tu-henua, is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located in the Centre East of the group, 83 km southeast from Raroia, and lies 70 km NW of Tauere, its nearest neighbor. The shoal water ...

(uninhabited) and Tauere. The Amanu commune is associated with the Hao commune.

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