| Tekokota | |
| Map: | French Polynesia |
| Location: | Pacific Ocean |
| Archipelago: | Tuamotus |
| Area Km2: | 5.1 |
| Area Footnotes: | (lagoon) 0.9km2 (above water) |
| Length Km: | 5 |
| Width Km: | 3.5 |
| Country: | France |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Overseas collectivity |
| Country Admin Divisions: | French Polynesia |
| Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Commune |
| Country Admin Divisions 2: | Hikueru |
| Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Administrative subdivision |
| Country Admin Divisions 1: | Tuamotus |
| Population: | Uninhabited[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
Tekokota is one of the Central Tuamotu atolls, located close to the geographic center of the archipelago.
Tekokota Atoll is one of the smallest atolls of the Tuamotus. Its islands have a total land mass of only 0.9km2.
Tekokota's shape is roughly oval and it is 50NaN0 in length and 3.51NaN1 in width.The western side of Tekokota Atoll is submerged. The surface of its shallow central lagoon is 5.11NaN1.
Tekokota Atoll is uninhabited. The closest land to Tekokota is Hikueru Atoll, located 22 km to the south.[2]
Tekokota was first sighted by James Cook in 1773. He named Tekokota Atoll "Doubtful".
Months later Spanish explorer José de Andía called this atoll, "La del Peligro" (The Dangerous One).A few days later, another Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea sighted Tekokota on ship Aguila. He named this atoll "Los Mártires".[3]
The island is described from the perspective of a castaway from Hikueru in Jack London's short story "The House of Mapuhi" in South Sea Tales (1911).
Tekokota Atoll belongs to the commune of Hikueru, which consists of the atolls of Hikueru, Marokau, Ravahere, Reitoru and Tekokota.