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Tikehau is an almost circular atoll, with an interior lagoon 26km (16 miles) across and a pass for small boats through the coral reef.
 

Location

Airlines

Code

Avg.
Flight
Time

Time
Diff.

Hawaii

Hawaiian Airlines HA

5:30

0

Nouméa

Air Calin SB

6:20

+21

Eastern
Islands

Lan Chile LA

5:20

+4

Santiago

Lan Chile LA

11:00

+6

Aukland

Air Tahiti Nui
Air New Zealand
Qantas
TN
NZ
QF

6:00

+22

Sydney

Air Tahiti Nui
Air New Zealand
Qantas

TN
NZ
QF

11:00

+20

Los
Angeles

Air France
Air Tahiti Nui
Air New Zealand

AF
TN
NZ

8:30

+3

New York

Air Tahiti Nui

TN

11:00

+6

Paris
(via LA)

Air France
Air Tahiti Nui

AF
TN

20:15

+12

Paris
(via NY)

Air Tahiti Nui

TN

20:15

+12

Tokyo

Air Tahiti Nui

TN

11:00

+19

Osaka

Air Tahiti Nui

TN

12:00

+19

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When Jacques Cousteau's research group made a study of the Polynesian atolls in 1987, they declared the lagoon of Tikehau to contain the most fish.

Fish parks earn an income for many of the atoll's 382 inhabitants, who regularly ship parrot fish and other choice lagoon fish to Tahiti

 

 
Moorea
Raiatea
Taha'a
Bora Bora
Tikehau
Manihi
Nuku hiva
Hiva Oa
Huahine