page_title: Akiaki
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Akiaki / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Détail de la carte des Tuamotu établie par Louis Antoine de Bougainville en 1768 (Première division, archipel dangereux, terres basses et noyées). Apparaissent Les Quatre Facardins (actuel Vahitahi) et l'île des Lanciers (actuel Akiaki)
context_page_description: Akiaki is a low coral atoll in the eastern area of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Akiaki's nearest neighbor is Vahitahi, which is located 41 km to the southeast.
  Akiaki is a small atoll rising barely above sea level. The total land surface is only 1.3 km². Its reef is occupied by a single flat island covered with coconut trees and other vegetation. There is no lagoon and it has only a difficult landing located on its northwestern side.
  Akiaki is uninhabited, but is visited occasionally for its coconut plantations.
context_section_description: The first recorded European that arrived to Akiaki Atoll was Louis Antoine de Bougainville on 22 March 1768. He called this atoll Ile des Lanciers. James Cook reached Akiaki the following year, during his first voyage, and named it Thrum Island.
caption: The first map of Akiaki (île des Lanciers) published in 1768 by Bougainville during his voyage on March 22, 1768. "Les 4 Facardins" refer to Vahitahi.
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