Manuae
- ISS002-E-9921
- 18 July 2001
- 23:03 UTC
Located 87 km southeast from Aitutaki, Manuae is an uninhabited atoll of the Southern Cook Islands. The formation consists of two islands: Manuae on the west side of the lagoon and Te Au O Tu in the east, with a combined area of 6.2 km². They are both enclosed within a small lagoon that is completely encircled by a breaking reef crest. Its waters are very shallow and contain large areas of sandbank.
13 km to the west of Manuae, the submarine feature known as the Astronomers Bank rises to within 300 m of the ocean surface. This is part of the same seamount that forms Manuae.
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center
