Kamaka (island) explained

Kamaka
Map:French Polynesia
Location:Pacific Ocean
Archipelago:Tuamotus
Area Km2:0.5
Length Km:1
Width Km:0.7
Highest Mount:(unnamed)
Elevation M:166
Country:France
Country Admin Divisions Title:Overseas collectivity
Country Admin Divisions:French Polynesia
Country Admin Divisions Title 2:Commune
Country Admin Divisions 2:Gambier Islands
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Administrative subdivision
Country Admin Divisions 1:Tuamotus
Population:Uninhabited[1]
Population As Of:2012

Kamaka (previously known as Mito) is an island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia, 11.7 km south of Mangareva within the same lagoon. Kamaka is about 1km (01miles) in length, 700m (2,300feet) wide, and has an area of 0.51NaN1. The highest point is 166m (545feet) above sea level. There are no permanent springs on the island.

1.81NaN1 to the NNW rises barren and rugged Makaroa island and off Kamaka's northeastern shore lies the small Manui islet.[2]

The island was not permanently inhabited before European contact, with occupation being short-term and focused on fishing.[3] It is now uninhabited.

In 2015 a conservation campaign was unsuccessful in eradicating rats from the island.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population. Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. 2 October 2014.
  2. David Stanley, Tahiti-Polynesia handbook
  3. The Mangarevan Sequence and Dating of the Geographic Expansion into Southeast Polynesia . Green . Roger C. . Weisler . Marshall I. . Asian Perspectives . 41 . 2 . 2002 . 216 . 20 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Deux ans après, la dératisation des Actéon-Gambier est un succès . Tahiti Infos . fr . 11 August 2017 . 19 December 2022.