Tekokota is one of the Central Tuamotu atolls, located close to the geographic center of the archipelago.

The closest land to Tekokota is Hikueru Atoll, located 22 km to the south.

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.

[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).