Manihi Atoll

Manihi is an elongated atoll in the northern Tuamotus, where numerous coral islets encircle a lagoon entered through a single pass. Two ancient ceremonial platforms built of coral blocks recall the communities that lived here before European voyages. Dutch navigators Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten reached Manihi in 1616, while John Byron called it Prince of Wales Island in 1765.