The world's largest chain of coral atolls, spanning roughly 1,500 km of the South Pacific in French Polynesia.
Geography
The Tuamotu Archipelago contains 78 atolls, most of them low-lying coral rings enclosing shallow lagoons. The largest, Rangiroa, encloses a lagoon over 1,640 square kilometers, large enough to contain the entire island of Tahiti.
Economy
Black pearl farming, using the black-lipped oyster Pinctada margaritifera, is the dominant industry. Rangiroa and Fakarava lagoons support extensive marine reserves and attract divers from around the world.
Vulnerability
With no point rising more than a few meters above sea level, the atolls are acutely exposed to tropical cyclones and long-term sea-level rise.
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