It is located 85 kilometres (53 miles) northwest of Hao Atoll's westernmost point.

Its lagoon is not connected to the ocean by a pass, which makes this small atoll quite inaccessible.

[3] The first European recorded sight of the atoll was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernandez de Quirós on 12 February 1606.

[4] Tauere was again sighted by Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea on October 28, 1772 on the ship Aguila.

[5] He sailed from Callao on September 26, 1772, to establish a colony on Tahiti.