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Tepoto is the name of two atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia:
- Tepoto (North), an atoll in the Disappointment Islands
- Tepoto (South), a group of three small atolls in the Raeffsky Islands of central Tuamotu
Tepoto, also known as Te Poto, Toho, or Pukapoto, is a coral island. It is the northwesternmost of the Disappointment Islands, in the Tuamotu Archipelago. Despite being often referred to as "atoll", Tepoto is not a typical Tuamotu atoll, but a single separate island without lagoon. It is located at the limit of the Tuamotu archipelago; the closest land is Napuka, which lies to the southeast.
Tepoto is long and wide; it has an area of . This island is sometimes called Tepoto Nord in French, to avoid confusion with Tepoto Atoll (Tepoto Sud) to the southwest, in the Raeffsky Islands of central Tuamotu. An obsolete name is Otuho.
According to the 2012 census, its population was 61 inhabitants. The primary village is Tehekega. There is a 5m wide road running round the whole island.
Tepoto Atoll (Tepoto Sud), or Ti Poto, is a small atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located southwest of Makemo Atoll.
Tepoto Atoll is almost round in shape. It measures in diameter. Its lovely turquoise-blue lagoon is connected to the ocean by a narrow channel in the north-east.
This atoll is sometimes called Tepoto Sud in French, to distinguish it from the island of Tepoto, approximately to the northeast in the Disappointment Islands.
The small group formed by Tepoto Sud, Hiti and Tuanake is also known as the "Raevski Atolls". The Tuamotu reed warbler and the Polynesian ground dove are found in this area.
Tepoto Atoll is permanently uninhabited.
According to articles in Ireland's Own and the Times Educational Supplement Website, the atoll is identified by Tony Crowley as being the site of buried treasure stolen during the 19th century by four adventurers from a church in Pisco, Peru. Over the years, people have searched for the treasure without success, though an Australian visitor to the atoll discovered a cache of medallions, the contents of which indicated they came from South America.