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Tuamotu Archipelago
Two parallel ranges of 78 atolls, part of French Polynesia; area 690 sq km/266 sq mi; population (1996) 15,370, including the Gambier Islands to the east
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An island group of French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean east of Tahiti. Discovered by the Spanish in 1606, the islands were annexed by France in 1881.
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The Tuamotus or the Tuamotu Archipelago (French: Îles Tuamotu officially Archipel des Tuamotu) are a chain of atolls in French Polynesia and the largest chain of atolls in the ...

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Tuamotu Archipelago, island group of French Polynesia, lying east of Tahiti, in the eastern South Pacific Ocean. The group comprises about 80 atolls extending, in two parallel chains, over a distance of 1,400 km (870 mi). The principal islands are Rangiroa, Fakarava, Hao, and Makemo. Products include phosphates, pearls, and copra. Several of the islands are used by the French for nuclear testing. The islands came under French protection in 1844 and were annexed in 1880.