16 km2 (6.2 sq mi) (lagoon) 25 km2 (10 sq mi) (above water)
Length
10 km (6 mi)
Width
5.36 km (3.331 mi)
Highest elevation
14 m (46 ft)
Highest point
(unnamed)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivity
French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision
Tuamotus
Commune
Rangiroa
Largest settlement
Pahua
Demographics
Population
280[1] (2012)
Mataiva (meaning "Nine Eyes" in Tuamotuan), Tepoetiriura ("Sparkling Pearl")[2] or Lazarev atoll[3] is a coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is located in the Palliser group, and is the westernmost of the Tuamotus. The nearest atoll, Tikehau, is located 35 km to the east. Rangiroa is located 79 km to the east, and Tahiti is 311 km to the south.
^"Population". Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^Mataiva, Eden des Tuamotu Publisher: Air Tahiti: Polynesian Airline - News (in French). Author: Jean-François Butaud. Accessed 22 February 2010
^Young, J.L. (1899). "Names of the Paumotu Islands, with the old names so far as they are known". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 8 (4): 264–268. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
Mataiva (meaning "Nine Eyes" in Tuamotuan), Tepoetiriura ("Sparkling Pearl") or Lazarev atoll is a coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is located...
Mataiva Airport is an airport on Mataiva in French Polynesia (IATA: MVT, ICAO: NTGV). It is west of Pahua village. It was constructed in 1999. It received...
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the commune of Rangiroa, which consists of two other atolls (Tikehau and Mataiva) and a separate non-atoll island (Makatea). Only two islands, at the northern...
Academy. Mairai was born on 28 November 1945 in Papeete, and grew up in Mataiva in the Tuamotus. He was educated at Lycée Paul-Gauguin in Tahiti before...
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Kotzebue' navigation mistakes on their way. At the same day they discovered Mataiva, on August 3 – Vostok Island, on August 8 – Rakahanga, after which the...
found in the liquid. Director ordering Noiret to transport the amphora to Mataiva. Pink smoke comes out of the amphora and the plane carrying it disappears...
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