Tureia
- ISS006-E-38487
- 14 March 2003
- 20:04 UTC
A small atoll of the southern regions of the Tuamotu Archipelago, Tureia is located 115 km northeast from Mururoa. Measuring 13 km in length and 7.5 km across the atoll covers an area of around 8.3 km². Its largest island curves around the entire eastern side (at bottom in the above image) of the atoll for 22 km, yet is only 250 m across.
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center
