NASA picture of Anuanurunga Atoll
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  Anuanurunga
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 20°36′S 143°24′W / 20.600°S 143.400°W / -20.600; -143.400 |
| Archipelago | Tuamotus |
| Area | 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi) (lagoon) 7 km2 (3 sq mi) (above water) |
| Width | 3.3 km (2.05 mi) |
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| Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
| Administrative subdivision | Îles Tuamotu-Gambier |
| Commune | Hao |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited[1] (2012) |
Anuanurunga[2] is an atollinFrench Polynesia, Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Duke of Gloucester Islands, a subgroup of the Tuamotu group. Anuanurunga's nearest neighbor is Nukutepipi, which is located about 22 km (14 mi) to the ESE.
Anuanurunga is a very small atoll. It is ring-shaped, measuring approximately 3.3 km (2.1 mi)in diameter with a total area of 7 km2 (3 sq mi). Its reef is quite broad, enclosing completely the small lagoon. There are four relatively large islands on its reef, as well as a few small motu.
Anuanurunga Atoll is currently uninhabited.
First sighting recorded by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós on 4 February 1606. With the other three atolls of the Duke of Gloucester Islands they were named Cuatro Coronas (Four Crowns in Spanish).[3]
British naval officer and explorer Philip Carteret visited it in 1767. He named this atoll Four Crowns.[4]
Administratively the four atolls of the Duke of Gloucester Islands, including the uninhabited ones of Anuanuruga, Anuanuraro and Nukutepipi, belong to the communeofHereheretue, which is associated to the Hao commune.
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