Niau

Niau, Tuamotu Archipelago

Located 30 km southwest from Toau, Niau is a small atoll formation with a completely enclosed brackish lagoon of 3.3 km² in area. Its landmass forms a continuous broad ring around the lagoon, with an area of 2.1 km².

image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center

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