Mangaia

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Overview - Mangaia. Copyright Mangaia.

Geologically, Mangaia is by far the oldest of the 15 islands of the Cook Group, and is shaped like a tail-less stingray whose head faces north-west. Fifty-one square kilometers in size, the island is surrounded by a thick coral reef, with only a few tiny beaches notched into its coastal rock.

The shoreline steps up a few meters to a narrow rocky plain, a shelf of land covered with palms, pandanus and coarse grasses on which large herds of cute goats graze.
On this coastal fringe are located the main road, several villages and, to the north-east, the airport runway.



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