Anuanuraro Atoll

Anuanuraro is a small coral atoll among the Duke of Gloucester Islands in the southern Tuamotus. Its low reef surrounds a lagoon with no navigable entrance. Pedro Fernández de Quirós’s expedition sighted the island group in 1606, calling the four atolls Cuatro Coronas, or Four Crowns. Philip Carteret named this atoll Archangel in 1767.