Pinaki (French Polynesia)

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Pinaki, formerly called Whitsunday Iceland, is a small südpazifisches Atoll in the central Eastern Group of the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. It is located about 10 km south-east of the island Nukutavake.

The area of ​​the uninhabited atoll is less than 1.3 km ². A single island surrounds about 0.7 km ³ large lagoon, the only connection between the lagoon and the ocean is in the west.

Pinaki was probably discovered in the spring of 1767 by the English naval officer Samuel Wallis, and once called Whitsunday Iceland. 1859 is supposed a valuable treasure that had been stolen from the church of Pisco, have been buried on the island.

Together with its neighboring island Nukutavake, the upscale Atoll Akiaki and two other atolls ( Vahitahi and Vairaatea ) Pinaki is today the French Polynesian community Nukutavake.

There are indeed a few houses, a church and artificial cisterns in the northwest of the island, but these are only occasionally used by the inhabitants of Nukutavake to copra and pearl to win.