Rekareka Explained
| Rekareka |
| Map: | French Polynesia |
| Location: | Pacific Ocean |
| Archipelago: | Tuamotus |
| Area Km2: | 2.5 |
| Area Footnotes: | (lagoon)
3.31km² (above water) |
| Length Km: | 2.2 |
| Width Km: | 1.25 |
| Country: | France |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Overseas collectivity |
| Country Admin Divisions: | French Polynesia |
| Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Commune |
| Country Admin Divisions 2: | Hao |
| Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Administrative subdivision |
| Country Admin Divisions 1: | Tuamotus |
| Population: | Uninhabited[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
Rekareka, Tehuata or Tu-henua,[2] 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,[3] and lies 70 km NW of Tauere, its nearest neighbor. The shoal water of this small atoll extends 0.8 km seaward from its northern, western, and southern sides, and about 1.3 km from its south-eastern side.[4] Rekareka has no fresh water and is uninhabited.[5]
History
Portuguese explorer serving the Spanish Crown Pedro Fernandes de Queirós sighted Rekareka during his Pacific expedition on February 13, 1606.[6] [7] The Spaniards named this island "La Sagitaria" and reported that it was inhabited at that time.[8] In some maps this island also appears as "Bonne Esperance" and "Good Hope".[9]
Administration
Administratively Rekareka belongs to the commune of Amanu which includes the atolls of Rekareka (uninhabited) and Tauere.The Amanu commune is associated with the Hao commune.
See also
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Population. Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. 16 October 2014. 17 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191117231805/http://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2012/Donnees_detaillees.aspx. dead.
- Web site: Alternative names . 2008-03-07 . 2012-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314223516/http://islands.unep.ch/IKM.htm . dead .
- Web site: Rekareka . 2009-03-14 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/tuamotu/rekareka.php . December 23, 2010 .
- coastalexplorer.net/downloads/guide_books/sailing_directions/enroute_126;download
- Book: United Nations Environment Programme, IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas. Review of the Protected Areas System in Oceania. The World Conservation Union. 1986. 207. 2-88032-509-9.
- http://ingles.sge.org/sge03/pboletin8ar.asp Pedro Fernández de Quirós
- Kelly, Celsus, O.F.M. La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo. The Journal of Fray Martín de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) Cambridge, 1966, p.39,62
- http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/01371630566724836320035/p0000001.htm History
- Web site: J.L._Young, Names of the Paumotu Islands . 2008-03-07 . 2012-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120210193443/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_8_1899/Volume_8%2C_No._4%2C_December_1899/Names_of_the_Paumotu_Islands%2C_by_J.L._Young%2C_p_264-268?action=null . dead .
