French Polynesia - Atoll AHE

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : The Tuamotu's are a chain of atolls in French Polynesia. Consisting of about 80 islands and atolls covering a modest 850 square km (around 330 square mi.), they cover an enormous area - well over a million square km., or hundreds of thousands of square miles. In this drone video by Marmot, you'll get a bird's eye view of Ahe, one of the more prominent atolls amongst the group. The Tumoto islands are adjacent to the Society Islands, a much better-known archipelago which is home to many of the most well-known islands in the South Pacific.

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Ahe, Ahemaru or Omaru, is an almost entirely-enclosed coral atoll, located in the northern Tuamotu Archipelago, just 14 km to the west of Manihi, in French Polynesia. Ahe Atoll's ring shape is broken by only a single small passage into the lagoon. Length 23.5 km, width 12.2 km. It has a land area of approximately 12 km2 and a lagoon area of 138 km2. As of 2012, Ahe Atoll had 553 inhabitants. The only village in Ahe is Tenukupara with approximately 100 inhabitants. It is located on an island in the south side of the Atoll. Geographically Ahe Atoll is part of the King George Islands (Iles du Roi Georges) subgroup, which includes Ahe, Manihi, Takapoto, Takaroa and Tikei. There are several pearl farms in Ahe's lagoon. Travel with passion!