Tuamotu Archipelago

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Tuamotu Archipelago

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a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles) Also calledLow ArchipelagoPaumotu Archipelago

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At one extreme, innumerable islets, such as those of the Tuamotu Archipelago, are flat, low atolls barely rising above sea level.

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Gray reef sharks swim around Tuamotu Archipelago in the French Polynesia.

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After 101 days they landed on the Raroia Atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

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