Motu One (Society Islands)
Native name: Motu One | |
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Geography | |
Location | 15°48′50″S 154°31′30″W / 15.81389°S 154.52500°W |
Archipelago | Society Islands |
Area | 2.829 km2 (1.092 sq mi) |
Administration | |
Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Motu One, also known as Bellinghausen, is an atoll in the Leeward group of the Society Islands, in the South Pacific. Motu One is located 550 km northwest from Tahiti and 72 km northeast of Manuae, its closest neighbor.
Motu One's reef encloses totally a lagoon without a pass. All of its sides are covered with low, wooded sandy islands except for its southern side. Motu One means Sand Island in Tahitian, that is a low-lying, sandy islet that cannot sustain permanent human habitation.
History
The name Atoll Bellinghausen or more rarely Bellingshausen was given to this small atoll by
Atlantic
.
The atoll was visited by the
US Exploring Expedition in Sept. 1839.[1]
Administration
Motu One Atoll is administratively part of the
.See also
References
- ISBN 0520025571.
External links
- (in French) Atoll list
- Oceandots.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)