
Map of Tepoto Island FP
'Tepoto', a
coral island, is the northwesternmost of the
Disappointment Islands, in the
Tuamotu Archipelago, located at 14° 8' S.
lat. and 141° 24' W.
long.
The island is sometimes called 'Tepoto Nord' in
French, to avoid confusion with the
Tepoto atolls 400 km (240 mi.) to the southwest, in the
Raeffsky Islands of central Tuamotu. An obsolete name is 'Otuho'.
According to the
2002 census, its population was 54 inhabitants. The primary village is
Tehekega.
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