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[Island in French Polynesia] {{Infobox Islands | name = Tikei | image_name =
Tikei.JPG | image_caption = NASA picture of Tikei Island | map = French
Polynesia | map_caption = | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = |
location = Pacific Ocean | coordinates = [14] | archipelago = Tuamotus |
total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 4 | area_footnotes = |
length_km = 3.9 | width_km = 1.6 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = 3 | country
= France | country_admin_divisions_title = Overseas collectivity |
country_admin_divisions = French Polynesia | country_admin_divisions_title_2 =
Commune | country_admin_divisions_2 = Takaroa |
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 = Uninhabited[1] |
population_as_of = 2012 | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} TIKEI, also
known as MANU,[2] TIKAI and TIKU is an island in the Tuamotu group in French
Polynesia. Tikei is not a typical Tuamotu atoll, as its former lagoon filled
in. The island is [3.9] long, [1.6] wide, and has a land area of [4]. Its
highest elevation is [3] above sea level[3]
Geographically Tikei is part of the King George Islands (Îles du Roi Georges)
subgroup, which includes Ahe, Manihi, Takapoto, Takaroa and Tikei.
Tikei is uninhabited. There used to be human habitation and the main village
was called Tereporepo. The closest land is Takapoto Atoll, located 73 km to
the Northwest. Tikei Island has been poorly researched.
** History
The first recorded European to arrive to Tikei was Dutch mariner Jacob
Roggeveen on May 18, 1722. He named this island "Carlshoff".
Russian mariner Otto von Kotzebue came to Tikei in 1816. He named it
"Romanzov", after the main sponsor of his expedition and the Russian Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Count Rumyantsev.
** Administration
Tikei belongs to the commune of Takaroa, which consists of the island of
Takaroa, the island of Tikei and the atoll of Takapoto.
** See also
[Islands]
- Desert island
- List of islands
** References
[reflist]
- see https://web.archive.org/web/20080112050830/http://jacbayle.club.fr/livres/Errances/Chamisso.html & Descriptions of the Island (see https://web.archive.org/web/20080404185139/http://jacbayle.club.fr/livres/Gauguin/Choris.html)
** External links
- Atoll list (in French) (see http://www.pacific-image.pf/pages/boutic/dboutic_cdrom_sp132.html)
[Tuamotus]
[Authority control]
[FrenchPolynesia-geo-stub]
Category:Islands of the Tuamotus Category:Uninhabited islands of French
Polynesia