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Aerial view of Tikehau island in the Tuamotu Archipelago. ©Benthouard.com

TUAMOTU ISLANDS

Bountiful with 77 atolls, the Tuamotu Islands stretch over 13500km²/5200mi² of ocean. Precociously discovered by Magellan who anchored at Puka Puka in 1521, i...