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Definition of Paumotu archipelago

1. Noun. A group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paumotu Archipelago

Literary usage of Paumotu archipelago

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... took a course which brought them to the north part of the paumotu archipelago, thence to part of the Tonga chain, and ultimately to New Pomerania, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... took a course which brought them to the north part of the paumotu archipelago, thence to part of the Tonga chain, and ultimately to New Pomerania, ..."

3. Corals and Coral Islands by James Dwight Dana (1890)
"Margaret, paumotu archipelago. — 20° 42' S. 143° 4' W. Diameter one mile, nearly circular. A small shallow lagoon with no entrance. ..."

4. An Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean: A Handbook to the Chart on the by William Tufts Brigham (1900)
"Reao or Clermont-Tonnere was discovered by Duperrey in 1822. atoll, 10-n m. long and very narrow. paumotu archipelago. in 18° 16' 50" s., 137° 09' 06" w. ..."

5. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1868)
"8 & 9, paumotu archipelago. To the same division, which Mr. Pease thinks to be of generic rank, belong also Th. saltata (Pease, Proc. Zool. Soc. ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The extensive Low or paumotu archipelago lies to the south-east of the Society Islands, and runs parallel to them. It consists of about eighty atolls, ..."

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