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Fakarava, Havaiki-te-araro, Havai'i or Farea is an atoll in the west of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is the second largest of the Tuamotu atolls. The nearest land is Toau Atoll, which lies 14 km to the northwest. The shape of Fakarava Atoll is roughly rectangular and its length is 60 km and its width 21 km. Fakarava has a wide and deep lagoon with a surface of 1,112 km² and two passes. The main pass to enter the lagoon, located in its north-western end, is known as Passe Garuae and it is the largest pass in French Polynesia; the southern pass is called Tumakohua (also known as Tetamanu〔Based on the French edition of Wikipedia and local knowledge〕). It has a land area of 16 km2. Fakarava has 855 inhabitants; the main village is called Rotoava. ==History== The Pōmare Dynasty originated here before ruling the island of Tahiti. The first recorded European to arrive to Fakarava Atoll was Russian oceanic explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on July 17, 1820 on ships ''Vostok'' and ''Mirni''. He named this atoll "Wittgenstein". Fakarava's inhabitants were evangelized by French Picpus priest Honoré Laval in 1849. The church at Rotoava was dedicated in 1850. There is a territorial (domestic) airfield in Fakarava which was inaugurated in 1995. Fakarava is being classified by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fakarava」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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