Niau

Niau, Tuamotu Archipelago
  • ISS004-E-13328
  • 19 April 2002
  • time unknown

Located in the Centre West Group, 30 km southwest from Toau, Niau is a small atoll formation with a completely enclosed hypersaline lagoon of 3.3 km². 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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