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One of the 15 Atolls/Islands that comprises the Cook Islands, belongs to the northern group.
RAKAHANGA = Hararanga - is a rectangular atoll with a three by one and a half mile wide lagoon having encircling landforms lying near the reef. The settlement, Matara (also called Rakahanga), is near the southwest opening in the reef, which is only large enough for small ships and ocean going yachts. There is a wharf where yachties can tie up and about 40 houses in the settlement on the southern motu. The airstrip lies on the western motu, but has been destroyed by successive hurricanes. Arrivals by air go to Manihiki which is only 25 miles away. From there visitors come by boat.
Economy comes from the sale of copra, the fiber of dried coconut. In addition to the coconut trees, breadfruit are also in great quantity as well as a coarse tuber called puraka used as a vegetable in the local diet.
kiaorana.com/rakahanga.html
www.janeresture.com/rakahanga/index.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands
RAKAHANGA = Hararanga - is a rectangular atoll with a three by one and a half mile wide lagoon having encircling landforms lying near the reef. The settlement, Matara (also called Rakahanga), is near the southwest opening in the reef, which is only large enough for small ships and ocean going yachts. There is a wharf where yachties can tie up and about 40 houses in the settlement on the southern motu. The airstrip lies on the western motu, but has been destroyed by successive hurricanes. Arrivals by air go to Manihiki which is only 25 miles away. From there visitors come by boat.
Economy comes from the sale of copra, the fiber of dried coconut. In addition to the coconut trees, breadfruit are also in great quantity as well as a coarse tuber called puraka used as a vegetable in the local diet.
kiaorana.com/rakahanga.html
www.janeresture.com/rakahanga/index.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakahanga
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Coordinates: 10°1'1"S 161°5'26"W
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