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FREE AIRFARE* 10-NIGHT 2-FOR-1 CRUISE FARES LUXURY CRUISE ABOARD MARINA ATOLLS & ISLANDS OF FRENCH POLYNESIA PAPEETE • MOOREA • RAROIA • FAKARAVA • RANGIROA BORA BORA • RAIATEA • HUAHINE • PAPEETE $2,000 EARLY BOOKING SAVINGS PER STATEROOM IF BOOKED BY SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 LAST CHANCE TO SAVE! MARCH 25 – SP0NSORED BY: APRIL 4, 2016 FROM $4,299 PER PERSON 800.842.9023 INDULGE YOURSELF LAST VOTED ONE OF THE WORLD'S CHANCE BEST CRUISE LINES WITH A FRench Polynesian LUXURY CRUISE TO SAVE! ABOARD MARINA FROM FREE AIRFARE* $4,299 PER PERSON 2-FOR-1 CRUISE FARES IF BOOKED $2,000 EARLY BOOKING BY SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 SAVINGS PER STATEROOM MARCH 25 – APRIL 4, 2016 PAPEETE • MOOREA • RAROIA • FAKARAVA • RANGIROA CALL NOW! BORA BORA • RAIATEA • HUAHINE • PAPEETE 800.842.9023 R1 PRSRT STD 391 Atolls & Islands of French Polynesia R1 391 Atolls &Islands ofFrench Emerson Alumni Hall P.O. 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  • Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia)

    Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia)

    PART I. ENVIRONMENT AND BIOTA OF THE TIKEHAU ATOLL (TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO, FRENCH POLYNESIA) A. INTES AND B. CAILLART THE REGIONAL BACKGROUND The islands of French Polynesia are scattered throughout a considerable oceanic area located on the eastern boundary of the Indo-Pacific Province. This area stretches from 134"28' W (Temoe Island) to 154"401W longitude (Scilly Island), and from 7"50' S (Motu one Island) to 27"36' S latitude (Xapa Island). Out of the 118 islands constituting French Polynesia, 35 are high volcanic islands and 83 are low-relief islands or atolls. Altogether, the territory of French Polynesia represents an area of 4000 km2 of dry land, 12,000 km2 of lagoonal water and a huge Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covering 5,500,000 km2 of oceanic water (Gabrie and Salvat, 1985). French Polynesia is divided into five archipelagos all oriented parallel to a northwest- southeast axis (Fig. 1). These are the Society archipelago, the Tuamotu archipelago, the Austral archipelago, the Marquesas archipelago and the Gambier archipelago. The Tuamotu archipelago stretches over a distance of 1800 km. Its 76 atolls cover a total area of 13,500 km2 of which 600 km2 are dry land. GEOLOGY OF THE TUAMOTU ARCHEPELAGO As figured by Montaggioni (1985), the Tuamotu atolls cap the top of cone-like volcanoes which rise steeply from the floor of a huge ridge forming wide shelves ranging in depth from 1,500 to 3,000 rn. Geomorphological and geochronological evidences support the fact that the formation of the Tuamotu chain is much older than that of other neighboring islands of French Polynesia.