The atoll, Maupihaa is just 8km with just one village but it was home to ancient Polynesians and leased to numerous copra companies as well as home to marooned sailors.
Maupihaa atoll is roughly 8 km in length and contains a lagoon that is up to 40 m in depth and is surrounded by submerged reefs on three sides. Maupihaa Atoll was inhabited in very ancient times by Polynesians; archaeological remains and fish hooks have been found. It was later leased to another copra company and entirely planted with coconut palms. Some of the stranded sailors were American prisoners of war who were captured on the ocean by Luckner's raiders. 
