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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 ...
in
French Polynesia
)Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze")
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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.
References
Population data
External links
Atolls of the Tuamotus
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