Motu One (Marquesan for "Sand Island"; ) is the name of a small sandbank with no vegetation, located on the western edge of a coral reef; the only atoll in the Marquesas Islands.
The reef is approximately in diameter, and the islet has a surface area of less than one hectare, rising only a few feet above sea level and changing shape regularly as the action of the currents deposits and removes sand. Motu One is the northernmost of the Marquesas Islands, located about northeast of Eiao and northeast of Hatutu. It is a calcareous coral reef on a volcanic plug - the only island in the group not made of exposed volcanic material.
Since 1992, the whole reef and island ecosystem have been protected as the Motu One Reserve.
See also
- Marquesan Nature Reserves
- Hatutu
- Eiao
References
External links
- Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie "MANU"