The Gambier Commune is located in the extreme southeastern corner of the Tuamotu
Archipelago 1,643 kilometers (1,021 miles) southeast of the island of Tahiti.
This commune is made up of:
* The Gambier Islands Archipelago
* The Actéon (or Actaeon) group of islands
* The atolls of Marutea Sud, Maria and Morane
This group of islands and atolls covers an area of 35 square kilometers (13.5 sq. miles). There are four main islands within the Gambier Islands Archipelago that share the same lagoon. They are: Mangareva, Taravai, Aukena et Akamaru. The same lagoon also includes 10 small islands and islets, or motus. They include: Angakauitai, Kamaka, Makaroa, Manui, the coral motu of Totegegie, where an airport is located and the atoll of Temoe, located southeast of Mangareva.
Geographers usually include the islands of Oeno and Pitcairn as part of the Gambier Islands Archipelago, but those islands are not part of French Polynesia.
The Gambiers, as this group of islands is often called, are volcanic clusters. They are all that is left of a former sunken volcanic crater that is much bigger than Tahiti Nui, the biggest portion of the island of Tahiti.
This commune is made up of:
* The Gambier Islands Archipelago
* The Actéon (or Actaeon) group of islands
* The atolls of Marutea Sud, Maria and Morane
This group of islands and atolls covers an area of 35 square kilometers (13.5 sq. miles). There are four main islands within the Gambier Islands Archipelago that share the same lagoon. They are: Mangareva, Taravai, Aukena et Akamaru. The same lagoon also includes 10 small islands and islets, or motus. They include: Angakauitai, Kamaka, Makaroa, Manui, the coral motu of Totegegie, where an airport is located and the atoll of Temoe, located southeast of Mangareva.
Geographers usually include the islands of Oeno and Pitcairn as part of the Gambier Islands Archipelago, but those islands are not part of French Polynesia.
The Gambiers, as this group of islands is often called, are volcanic clusters. They are all that is left of a former sunken volcanic crater that is much bigger than Tahiti Nui, the biggest portion of the island of Tahiti.
