Akiaki

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Akiaki
Akiaki Island - Map.jpg
Map of Akiaki Atoll
Akiaki is located in French Polynesia
Akiaki
Akiaki
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates18°33′S 139°13′W / 18.550°S 139.217°W / -18.550; -139.217Coordinates: 18°33′S 139°13′W / 18.550°S 139.217°W / -18.550; -139.217
ArchipelagoTuamotus
Area1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Length2 km (1.2 mi)
Width0.9 km (0.56 mi)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionTuamotus
CommuneNukutavake
Demographics
Population13[1] (2020)

Akiaki[2] is a low coral atoll in the eastern area of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Akiaki's nearest neighbor is Vahitahi, which is located 41 km to the southeast.

Akiaki is a small atoll rising barely above sea level. The total land surface is only 1.3 km2. Its reef is occupied by a single flat island covered with coconut trees and other vegetation. There is no lagoon and it has only a difficult landing located on its northwestern side.

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 map of Akiaki (île des Lanciers) published in 1768 by Bougainville during his voyage on March 22, 1768. "Les 4 Facardins" refer to Vahitahi.

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 on the Pacific Plate. Akiaki's seamount is 3420 m high.

Administration[]

Administratively Akiaki Atoll belongs to the commune of Nukutavake, which includes Nukutavake, as well as the atolls of Vahitahi, Vairaatea, Pinaki and Akiaki.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Salmond, Anne (2010). Aphrodite's Island. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 93. ISBN 9780520261143.



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