capital of the Marquesas Islands' administrative subdivision is the town of Taiohae, on the island of Nuku Hiva. The population of the Marquesas Islands was...
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Survivor: Marquesas is the fourth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season filmed from November 12, 2001...
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Florida Keys West "Marquesas Keys". keys.FIU.edu. December 11, 2006. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. "Marquesas Keys Wildlife Management...
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language, the language of the Marquesas Islands Marquesas Keys, a group of uninhabited islands near Florida Survivor: Marquesas, the fourth season of the...
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A Mule for the Marquesa (1964) is a novel by Frank O'Rourke. The film The Professionals (1966) is based on it. After the release of the film, new editions...
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The Marquesas hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is responsible for the creation of the Marquesas Islands – a group of eight...
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in the Marquesas, and are buried there. Brel composed a famous song, Les Marquises, about the Marquesas Islands, his last home. The Marquesas provided...
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The Marquesas swamphen (Porphyrio paepae) is an extinct species of swamphen from the Marquesas Islands Hiva Oa and Tahuata. It was originally described...
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ISBN 978-1-84246-182-2. Botany.si.edu: Flora of the Marquesas Islands website Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flora of Marquesas Islands. v t e...
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The Guests of the Marquesa (Spanish: Los huéspedes de La Marquesa) is a 1951 Mexican musical comedy drama film directed by Jaime Salvador and starring...
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UTC−09:30 (redirect from Marquesas Standard Time)
Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Principal settlement: Taiohae France French Polynesia Marquesas Islands Northern Marquesas Southern Marquesas UTC-9:30...
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Julia, Marquesa de Varela (née Marin) is a Uruguayan media executive specialising in celebrity interviews. She was nicknamed "The Nutty Marquesa" by The...
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and the Leeward Islands the Tuamotu Archipelago the Gambier Islands the Marquesas Islands the Austral Islands. Among its 121 islands and atolls, 75 were...
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"Washington Islands" to refer to the northern Marquesas, and "Mendaña Islands" to refer to the southern Marquesas. Following is a list of the islands, giving...
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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...
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Margaret Rockefeller Strong (redirect from Margaret Rockefeller Strong de Larrain, Marquesa de Cuevas)
Margaret Rockefeller Strong (June 11, 1897 - December 5, 1985) was an American heiress and prominent member of the Rockefeller family. She was the maternal...
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Polynesia (section Marquesas Islands)
geographic center of the region (i.e. the Cook Islands, Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, etc.) were settled initially between 1000 and 1150 AD, and ending...
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This article details the history of the Marquesas. The Marquesas Islands are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity...
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Rob Mariano (section Marquesas)
show Survivor. He placed tenth in the show's fourth season Survivor: Marquesas, finished as the runner-up to his eventual wife Amber Brkich in the show's...
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the 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...
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vegetation, 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,...
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Rat Islands (Aleutian Islands, Alaska) UTC−09:30 French Polynesia: Marquesas Islands UTC−09:00 French Polynesia: Gambier Islands United States: Alaska...
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Paul Gauguin (section Marquesas Islands)
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...
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Margaret of Bavaria, Marchioness of Mantua (redirect from Margherita of Bavaria, Marquesa of Mantua)
Margaret of Bavaria (1442–1479) was a Marchioness consort of Mantua, married in 1463 to Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua. She was regent in the absence...
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a Marquesas Island tattoo artist. The flag of France is the only ensign officially recognized by the French government to represent the Marquesas Islands...
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Time in France (redirect from Pacific/Marquesas)
time French Polynesia Society, Tuamotu and Austral islands UTC−10:00 Marquesas Islands UTC−09:30 Gambier Islands UTC−09:00 Clipperton Island UTC−08:00...
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Fatu-Hiva (category Islands of the Marquesas Islands)
pronounced, see name section below) is the southernmost island of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific...
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1200 CE. The first wave was probably by Polynesian settlers from the Marquesas Islands,[dubious – discuss] and a second wave of migration from Raiatea...
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Nuku Hiva imperial pigeon (redirect from Marquesas Imperial-pigeon)
imperial pigeon or Upe, is a pigeon which is endemic to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. This pigeon is only found in some valleys...
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