Duke of Gloucester Islands

The Duke of Gloucester Islands (French: Îles du Duc de Gloucester) is a subgroup of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. They are located southeast of Tahiti and south of the main Tuamotu atoll cluster and are rather isolated. (20°38′S 143°20′W / 20.633°S 143.333°W / -20.633; -143.333)

The Duke of Gloucester Islands include four atolls of relatively small size:

Hereheretue (19°52′S 144°58′W / 19.867°S 144.967°W / -19.867; -144.967) is located slightly off to the northwest of the group of the other three atolls which lie at 20°40′S 143°20′W / 20.667°S 143.333°W / -20.667; -143.333 and are uninhabited; the only permanently inhabited island of the Îles du Duc de Gloucester is Hereheretue (57 inhabitants in 2002).