Marutea Sud
（重定向自Marutea Atoll）
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Marutea Atoll (Marutea Sud), also known as Marutea-i-runga, and Nuku-nui, is an atoll of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is located in the far southeast of the archipelago, about 72 km northeast from Maria Atoll.
Marutea Atoll is irregular in shape and bound by a reef broken by passes into the 112 km lagoon. It is 20 km long with a maximum width of 8 km and a land area of approximately 14 km. Its islands are low and flat and the main village, Auorotini, is located at the northern end of the atoll. Marutea has no permanent population, but it is occasionally visited by islanders looking for pearls and maintaining the pearl farms.