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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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The Tuamotu Archipelgo's 78 atolls and islands, form one of the largest island clusters on earth. Geographically the archipelago can be divided into seven groupings that contains ...
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Tuamotu Archipelago, island group of French Polynesia, lying east of Tahiti, in the eastern South Pacific Ocean. The group comprises 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.