title: Ravahere
text: # Ravahere
  
  Ravahere is an atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located 53 km northwest of Nengonengo Atoll and it is separated by a 2 km sound from Marokau Atoll, its closest neighbor to the north.
  
  Marokau and Ravahere form a minor subgroup of the Tuamotus known as the Two Groups Islands.
  
  Ravahere Atoll is roughly boomerang-shaped. It measures 20 km in length with a maximum width of 9.5 km. The shallow lagoon has a surface area of 57.5 $km^2,$ but there is no pass to enter it.
  
  Ravahere is permanently uninhabited.
  
  ## History
  
  The first recorded European who sighted the two neighboring atolls of Marokau and Ravahere was Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768.
  
  ## Administration
  
  Ravahere belongs to the commune of Hikueru, which consists of the atolls of Hikueru, Marokau, Ravahere, Reitoru and Tekokota.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Map of Marokau and Ravahere atolls
  * NASA picture of Ravahere atoll
  