Tupai

{{Short description|Atoll in French Polynesia}} {{Distinguish|text = Tupaia (genus), a genus of treeshrews named after the Malay word for treeshrew, 'tupai'}} {{for|people named Tupai|Tupai (surname)}} {{Infobox islands | name=Tūpai | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = 250px | map_image = Tupai.JPG | map_caption = NASA picture of Tūpai | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = Pacific Ocean | coordinates = | archipelago = Society Islands | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 11 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = France | country_admin_divisions_title = Overseas collectivity | country_admin_divisions = French Polynesia | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Commune | country_admin_divisions_2 = Bora-Bora | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Administrative subdivision | country_admin_divisions_1 = Leeward Islands | population = 0 (permanent) | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} '''Tūpai''' ({{langx|ty|Tūpai}}), also called '''Motu Iti''', is a low-lying atoll in the Society plenger, 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 km<sup>2</sup> in size. Its broad coral reef encloses a shallow sandy lagoon. There are almost continuous long wooded motus on Tūpai's reef. Tūpai has no permanent residents other than some workers on its coconut plantations. A private airfield was inaugurated on Tūpai in 2001, and its use is restricted.

==Administration== The atoll of Tūpai 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.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}

==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/society/tupai.php]}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tupai}} Category:Atolls of the Society Islands