Maputeoa
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Te Maputeoa was a monarch of the Polynesian island of Mangareva and the other Gambier Islands. He was the King or ʻAkariki, as well as the penultimate king of the island of Mangareva, and other Gambier Islands including Akamaru, Aukena, Taravai and Temoe. He reigned from 1830 until his death in 1857.
St. Michael's Cathedral, Rikitea
Mangareva
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Mangareva is the central and largest island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is surrounded by smaller islands: Taravai in the southwest, Aukena and Akamaru in the southeast, and islands in the north. Mangareva has a permanent population of 1,239 (2012) and the largest village on the island, Rikitea, is the chief town of the Gambier Islands.
NASA picture of Mangareva Island
Mangareva Island, view from the Motu Totegegie
Mt. Duff, 370 m (1,200 ft), the only volcanic remnant of all the original volcanoes which made up the Tuamotu archipelago
St Michael's Cathedral on Mangareva island