of the Marquesas Islands' administrative subdivision is the town of Taiohae, on the island of Nuku Hiva. The population of the Marquesas Islands was 9...

The Marquesas Islands were colonized by seafaring Polynesians as early as 300 AD, thought to originate from Tonga and the Samoan Islands. The dense population...

The Marquesas Islands have a diverse flora, with a high rate of endemism. They are in the floristic Polynesian subkingdom of the Oceanian realm. Most...

Motu Iti (sometimes also called Hatu Iti) is one of the northern Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Located west-northwest from Nuku Hiva, Motu Iti...

The flag of the Marquesas Islands is the flag chosen by the regional government to represent the islands. However, it is not formally recognized by France...

Marquesas Islands were the first of the island groups discovered by European explorers in the Pacific. Over the centuries, these Polynesian islands have...

The Marquesas Keys form an uninhabited island group about 20 miles (32 km) west of Key West, four miles (6 km) in diameter, and largely covered by mangrove...

located on the western edge of a coral reef; the only atoll in the Marquesas Islands. The reef is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in diameter, and...

people of New Zealand, and in the Marquesas Islands. It was also practised in New Guinea and in parts of the Solomon Islands, and human flesh was sold at markets...

are highly adapted to smaller islands and atolls, principally Niue, the Cook Islands, Tahiti, the Tuamotus, the Marquesas, Hawaii, Rapa Nui, and smaller...

sixteen new contestants competing for 39 days on the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Promoted as "Survivor's going back...

Polynesian cultures, including the Marquesas and Tuamotu Islands, and New Zealand. In the mythology of the Marquesas Islands, Atea is the giver of light. In...

He had thought he would find new motifs in the Marquesas, writing to Monfreid: I think in the Marquesas, where it is easy to find models (a thing that...

Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Principal settlement: Taiohae France French Polynesia Marquesas Islands Northern Marquesas Southern Marquesas UTC-9:30...

related to those of the Marquesas Islands, and because, while the Tuamotus comprise several chains of coral atolls, the Mangareva Islands are of volcanic origin...

Society Islands archipelago, comprising the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands the Tuamotu Archipelago the Gambier Islands the Marquesas Islands the...

visited the Marquesas Islands in 1595, some 170 years earlier, Wallis officially took possession of Otaheiti, which he named "King George III Island". (About...

The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the...

This article details the history of the Marquesas. The Marquesas Islands are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity...

(Easter Island) and back, via the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. While in the Marquesas, short trips were made between principal islands of the...

Marotiri Marquesas Islands (Îles Marquises) Northern Marquesas Eiao Hatutu Motu Iti Motu Oa Motu One Nuku Hiva Ua Huka Ua Pou Southern Marquesas Fatu Hiva...

Cook Islands The Austral Islands The Society Islands The Tuamotu Archipelago and the Pitcairn Islands Easter Island and Salas y Gómez The Marquesas Islands...

exception of Motu One, all the islands of the Marquesas are of volcanic origin. The Marquesas are one of the few island groups in Polynesia where precipitation...

survivors on each of the islands. This created devastating epidemics from Easter Island to the Marquesas islands. Easter Island's population was reduced...

the Marquesas (Public domain ed.). The Museum. Kjellgren, Eric; Ivory, Carol S. (1 January 2005). Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands. Metropolitan...

kilometres (124 square miles), Hiva Oa is the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the...

island of Hatutu, and one of the primary breeding species in the Hatutu Nature Reserve. French Polynesia Marquesan Nature Reserves Marquesas Islands "Northern...

is a nature reserve encompassing the whole of the island of Hatutu in the northern Marquesas Islands. The reserve was declared in 1971, and is the primary...

Marquesas Islands. Typee, his first book, and its sequel, Omoo (1847), were travel-adventures based on his encounters with the peoples of the islands...

not pronounced, see name section below) is the southernmost island of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the...