Aukena is the 5th largest of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. Aukena is located about halfway between Mangareva and Akamaru, or about 5 km southeast of Mangareva, which is the largest island of the whole Gambier Islands archipelago. Aukena is approximately 2.5 km long and about 0.5 km wide, with a total area of 1.35 km<sup>2</sup>.
Mangarevan oral tradition first mentions the island in the fourteenth century, and archaeological excavations show that it has been inhabited since then.
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File:Tour.de.guet.Aukena.2.JPG|Watchtower. Background: Mangareva Island
File:Tour.de.guet.Aukena.JPG|Watchtower. Background: Mt. Duff
File:College.Aukena.JPG|Ruins of Re'e Seminary College, the first college of French Polynesia
File:Eglise.St.Raphael.Aukena.JPG|Church of St. Raphael
File:Four.a.chaux.Aukena.JPG|Oven for coral lime. Missionaries used it to build various churches in the Gambier Islands.
File:Vue.Tour.de.guet.Aukena.JPG|View from the watchtower. View is of Manui and Kamaka
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