Akiaki

Map of Akiaki Atoll
Akiaki
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	18°33′S 139°13′W / 18.550°S 139.217°W / -18.550; -139.217
Archipelago	Tuamotus
Area	1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Length	2 km (1.2 mi)
Width	0.9 km (0.56 mi)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision	Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
Commune	Nukutavake
Demographics
Population	13[1] (2020)

Akiaki^[2] is a low coral atoll in the eastern area of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Akiaki's nearest neighbor is Vahitahi, which is located 41 km to the southeast.

Akiaki is a small atoll rising barely above sea level. The total land surface is only 1.3 km². Its reef is occupied by a single flat island covered with coconut trees and other vegetation. There is no lagoon and it has only a difficult landing located on its northwestern side.

Akiaki is barely inhabited with a rough total of 13 residents, its occasionally visited by tourists for its coconut plantations. Akiaki maintains a small fishing port used by the residents as their source of revenue.

The first recorded European that arrived to Akiaki Atoll was Louis Antoine de Bougainville on 22 March 1768.^[3] He called this atoll Ile des Lanciers. James Cook reached Akiaki the following year, during his first voyage, and named it Thrum Island.

Akiaki lies on top of a small seamount which is part of the Tuamotu Seamount Trail on the Pacific Plate. Akiaki's seamount is 3420 m high.

Administratively Akiaki Atoll belongs to the commune of Nukutavake, which includes Nukutavake, as well as the atolls of Vahitahi, Vairaatea, Pinaki and Akiaki.

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• List of atolls (in French)

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