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guide for Rangiroa. Rangiroa (Tuamotuan for 'vast sky') or Te Kokōta (Cook Islands Māori for 'the Hyades star cluster') is the largest atoll in the Tuamotus...

edge of the atoll, 5.5 km southeast of Avatoru. The airport was built in 1965. Air Tahiti has regular daily flights connecting Rangiroa to other islands...

Hōkūle‘a returned to Honolulu following a roundtrip training sail to Palmyra Atoll, undertaken to develop skills of potential crewmembers for Hōkūle‘a's eventual...

is located 35 km to the east. Rangiroa is located 79 km to the east, and Tahiti is 311 km to the south. The atoll's oval-shaped lagoon is 5.3 km wide...

Rangiroa is a commune of French Polynesia in the archipelago of the Tuamotu Islands. The commune includes four islands: Rangiroa, Tikehau, Mataiva and...

original capture location over periods of up to a year. Another study at Rangiroa Atoll in French Polynesia found that, after more than three years, around...

An atoll (/ˈæt.ɒl, -ɔːl, -oʊl, əˈtɒl, -ˈtɔːl, -ˈtoʊl/) is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands...

are Motu Mahuta and Motu Teavahia and together they form part of the Rangiroa atoll. Islands portal Desert island List of islands "Avatika - Google Maps"...

and porcupine fishes; and smaller sharks such as smoothhounds. At Rangiroa Atoll, great hammerheads prey opportunistically on grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus...

is also home to a single winery, whose vineyards are located on the Rangiroa atoll. Unemployment affects about 15% of the active population, especially...

a coral atoll in the Palliser Islands group, part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is included in the commune of Rangiroa. The first...

Fakarava is a rectangular atoll 60 km long and 25 km wide. It is the second largest atoll in the Tuamotu, after Rangiroa, with an area of 24.1 km2 and...

themselves prey for larger sharks, such as the silvertip shark. At Rangiroa Atoll in French Polynesia, great hammerheads (Sphyrna mokarran) feed opportunistically...

of French Polynesia. It is located 79 kilometres (49 mi) southwest from Rangiroa to the west of the Palliser group, which also is in French Polynesia. Makatea...

town of Rangiroa, a coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is located in the northwestern part of the atoll, and is home to the atoll's administration...

isolated from benthic microbial mat from a brackish water pond on the Rangiroa Atoll on the French Polynesia Islands. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de Deutsche Sammlung...

Nelson, D.R. and R.H. Johnson. (1970). Acoustic studies on sharks: Rangiroa Atoll, July 1969. ONR Technical Report 2, No. N00014-68-C-0138. Yano, K.;...

lower labor costs and more land. A small vineyard production exists in Rangiroa atoll and is aimed at the high-end market, capitalizing on its rarity and...

village on the French Polynesian atoll of Rangiroa, in the Tuamotu archipelago. It is located on the Northern edge of the atoll, approximately 7 km East-southeast...

Lagoons are commonly divided into coastal lagoons (or barrier lagoons) and atoll lagoons. They have also been identified as occurring on mixed-sand and gravel...