Pacific OceanPapua New Guinea
4°46′S 156°59′E
Takuu Atoll
Takuu, formerly known as Tauu and also known as Nukutoa, Mortlock Island, or Marqueen Island, is a small, isolated atoll off the east coast of Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea.
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Takuu, formerly known as Tauu and also known as Nukutoa, Mortlock Island, or Marqueen Island, is a small, isolated atoll off the east coast of Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea.
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Census, cataloged
Also in the area
7
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island13 m · 0.05 km²
- Unnamed island8 m · 0.03 km²
- Unnamed island9 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island7 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island10 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island8 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.8 ha
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Islands by area
km², log scale
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.8 ha |
Photographs
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High tide at Nukutoa island, Takuu Atoll, Papua New Guinea, a Polynesian outlier island. Island is slowly sinking as sea levels rise.
NASA astronaut image of Takuu Atoll, Papua New Guinea
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Photographs
- NukutoaHighTide. Professor Richard Moyle / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Takuu ISS002-E-5632 2. NASA / Public domain
- TakuuVillage. Hamish MacDonald / CC BY-SA 3.0