Tuanake

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Tuanake (old name: Reid Iceland ) is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is 24 km south-west of Makemo. The atoll has a semi-circular shape of about 9.5 km long and 5.5 km wide. The lagoon has a navigable access to the sea in the southwest. The atoll forms together with Tepoto Sud and Hiti the group of Raevski atolls. Tuanake belongs to the municipality Makemo which consists of the atolls Makemo, Haraiki, Marutea North, Katiu, Tuanake, Hiti, Tepoto Sud, Raroia, Takume, Taenga and Nihiru.

Tuanake was discovered in 1820 by the German Baltic Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.

On the atoll of the Polynesian Ground Dove and the Tuamotu Reed Warbler is located.

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