Akiaki
 Map of Akiaki Atoll | |
  Akiaki | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 18°33′S 139°13′W / 18.550°S 139.217°W |
| Archipelago | Tuamotus |
| Area | 1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi) |
| Length | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| Width | 0.9 km (0.56 mi) |
| Administration | |
France | |
| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Administrative subdivision | Îles Tuamotu-Gambier |
| Commune | Nukutavake |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 13[1] (2020) |
Akiaki
Akiaki is a small atoll rising barely above
Akiaki is barely inhabited with a rough total of 13 residents, its occasionally visited by tourists for its coconut plantations. Akiaki maintains a small fishing port used by the residents as their source of revenue.
History
The first recorded European that arrived to Akiaki Atoll was Louis Antoine de Bougainville on 22 March 1768.[3] He called this atoll Ile des Lanciers. James Cook reached Akiaki the following year, during his first voyage, and named it Thrum Island.
Geology
Akiaki lies on top of a small seamount which is part of the Tuamotu Seamount Trail on the Pacific Plate. Akiaki's seamount is 3420 m high.
Administration
Administratively Akiaki Atoll belongs to the
See also
- Desert island
- List of islands
References
- ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Young, J.L. (1899). "Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 8 (4): 264–268. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ISBN 9780520261143.
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