| 词条 | Vairaatea |
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| name = Vairaatea | image_name = Vairaatea2.jpg | image_caption = NASA picture of Vairaatea Atoll | map = French Polynesia | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = Pacific Ocean | coordinates = {{Coord|19|21|S|139|13|W|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = Tuamotus | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 13 | area_footnotes = (lagoon) {{convert|3|km²|0|abbr=on}} (above water) | length_km = 8 | width_km = 4 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = France | country_admin_divisions_title = Overseas collectivity | country_admin_divisions = French Polynesia | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Commune | country_admin_divisions_2 = Nukutavake | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Administrative subdivision | country_admin_divisions_1 = Tuamotus | country_capital_city = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = 57[1] | population_as_of = 2012 | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} Vairaatea is a small atoll of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. Geographically Vairaatea Atoll is part of the East-central subgroup of the Tuamotus, which includes Ahunui, Amanu, Fangatau, Hao and Nukutavake. Nukutavake, the closest land, lies {{convert|38|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} to the east. Vairaatea Atoll measures {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} in length and its width is about {{convert|4|km|mi|0|abbr=off}}. Its reef has a roughly triangular shape. There are two long islands on it. The reef completely encloses a {{convert|13|km2|sqmi|0|adj=mid|abbr=off}} lagoon. Landing on this atoll is difficult on account of the surf and the lack of a safe anchorage. In 1989 Vairaatea was inhabited by eight families living in a village at the northern end of Puka Runga, the only inhabited island. According to the 2012 census, there were 57 people living in Vairaatea, a drop from 70 in 1996. HistoryThe first recorded European to arrive at Vairaatea was the Spanish explorer Pedro Fernández de Quirós on the 9 February 1606. He named this atoll San Miguel Arcángel. However his captains Prado y Tovar and Vaéz de Torres refer to it as Santa Polonia as it was sighted on the day of this Christian martyr.[2] Englishman Samuel Wallis visited Vairaatea in 1767. He named it "Lord Egmont". In some maps, it also appears as "Industriel". AdministrationAdministratively Vairaatea is part of the commune of Nukutavake. References1. ^{{cite web|title=Population|url=http://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2012/Donnees_detaillees.aspx|website=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française|accessdate=22 September 2014}} 2. ^Maude, H.E. Spanish discoveries in the Central Pacific. A study in identification Journal of the Polynesian Society, Wellington, LXVIII, 1959, p.284-326.
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