Tuamotu

Gemological Institute of America Salvador Assael Although he dealt in all sorts of luxury jewelry, Mr. Assael was sometimes called "The Pearl King" for his near-monopoly on gumball-size black pearls he cultured on a private atoll on the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia.

Cultured by Luxury Jeweler, Black Pearls Became Chic Stephen Miller 2011

Administrative divisions: none (overseas lands of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are five archipelagic divisions named Archipel des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel des Tubuai, Iles du Vent, Iles Sous-le-Vent

French Polynesia 2008

French Polynesianone (overseas lands of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are five archipelagic divisions named Archipel des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel des Tubuai, Iles du Vent, Iles Sous-le-Vent

Administrative divisions 2008

Spread over 3,000 km2 of the Pacific Ocean, this ecoregion encompasses the 76 atolls and islands of Tuamotu, which stretch 1,800 kilometers (km) to the Gambier Islands and the Pitcairn Islands 1,000 km to the east.

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

Tuamotu tropical moist forests - Encyclopedia of Earth

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

The Tuamotus are the smallest area in the world with an endemic sandpiper, the Tuamotu sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata), which is now restricted to uninhabited, rat-free islands.

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

Atolls in the southeast of the Tuamotu archipelago are some of the most devastated and most pristine in the Pacific.

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

In the Tuamotus, there are still substantial areas of forest left on Makatea Island where the Polynesian pigeon (Ducula aurorae) survives in small numbers as well as the Makatea fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus) and Tuamotu reed-warbler (Acrocephalus atypha).

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

Extrapolation from all archaeological evidence in the eastern Pacific suggests that prehistoric Polynesian settlement probably resulted in the extinction of at least 8 to 15 pigeon species as well as dozens of other endemic birds from the Tuamotu ecoregion.

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

Similar efforts would benefit breeding seabirds in the Tuamotu archipelago and the Gambier Islands.

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007