Tupai

Not to be confused with Tupaia (genus), a genus of treeshrews named after the Malay word for treeshrew, 'tupai'.

NASA picture of Tupai
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Society Islands
Area	11 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Administration
France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision	Leeward Islands
Commune	Bora-Bora
Demographics
Population	0 (permanent)

Tupai (Tahitian: Tūpai), also called Motu Iti, is a low-lying atoll in Society Islands, French Polynesia. It lies 19 km to the north of Bora Bora and belongs to the western Leeward Islands (French: Îles Sous-le-vent). This small atoll is only 11 km² in size. Its broad coral reef encloses a shallow sandy lagoon. There are almost continuous long wooded motus on Tupai's reef. Tupai has no permanent residents apart from some workers in its coconut plantations. A private airfield was inaugurated on Tupai in 2001, and its use is restricted.

Administration

The atoll of Tupai belongs administratively to the commune of Bora Bora.

In 1926 the island was considered for settling a small community of Slovak colonists but was later dropped in favor of the Marquesas Islands

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