With its 320 square kilometres (124 square miles), Hiva Oa is the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory...
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Hiva-Oa is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the...
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intermittently uninhabited. Eiao Hatutu Motu Iti Motu Oa Motu One Nuku Hiva Ua Huka Ua Pou Fatu Hiva Fatu Huku Hiva ʻOa Moho Tani Motu Nao Tahuata Terihi There are...
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Taʻa ʻOa is the South Marquesan name of a wide bay on the southern coast of Hiva ʻOa in French Polynesia. The bay is widely known in English as the Bay...
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Tani; also called Molopu or Motane) is an uninhabited island southeast of Hiva Oa and east of Tahuata in the southern Marquesas Islands. It has an area of...
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mountain ridge that rises above the western end of Ta'a Oa (the Bay of Traitors) in southwestern Hiva ʻOa. Rising to 1,213 m (3,980 ft.) above sea level, Temetiu...
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Marquesan name of the 4 km (2.5 mi.) wide channel that separates Tahuata from Hiva Oa, in the southern Marquesas Islands. The French name for the passage is...
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on the southern side of Hiva Oa island, French Polynesia, is the administrative centre of the commune (municipality) of Hiva-Oa. Atuona was the capital...
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the thirtieth anniversary of his death, the Hiva Oa airfield in the Marquesas was officially renamed Hiva Oa - Jacques-Brel airfield. A monument to Brel...
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exploited the natives appallingly. Gauguin settled in Atuona on the island of Hiva-Oa, arriving 16 September 1901. This was the administrative capital of the...
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is a small inlet on the north shore of Ta‘a ‘Oa (the Bay of Traitors), on the southern coast of Hiva ‘Oa. The bay is traditionally called Vevau in Marquesan...
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Ocean. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi.) to the south of the western end of Hiva Oa, across the Canal du Bordelais, called Ha‘ava in Marquesan. Archaeological...
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Uku is a small bay on the north shore of Ta‘a ‘Oa (the Bay of Traitors) on the southern coast of Hiva ‘Oa. The bay is provides one of the best anchorages...
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Airport or Hiva Oa Airport (IATA: AUQ, ICAO: NTMN) is an airport located 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) northeast of Atuona, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas...
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a small rocky islet lying off the southern coast of Hiva Oa, separating Atuona Bay from Taʻa ʻOa. The island's only vegetation is some small shrubs and...
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Europeans as Fatu-Hiva, perhaps under the influence of other Marquesan islands containing the element Hiva (Nuku-Hiva and Hiva-Oa) and also because in...
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Cemetery (French: Cimetière Calvaire) is the main cemetery in Atuona, Hiva ‘Oa, French Polynesia. It is located on a hillside on the eastern edge of town...
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eastern United States. It was described by Gahan in 1908. Also found in Hiva Oa, Marquesas islands, French Polynesia Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog...
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in the Marquesas Islands, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Hiva Oa. Fatu Huku is less than 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)...
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Hatiheu on the northern coast of Nuku Hiva, the meʻae Vaikivi on Ua Huka, and the meʻae Iʻipona and Eiaone Valley on Hiva Oa. Their regional distributions possibly...
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mercierii (Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa, Marquesas, 1922) Two subspecies, the little-known nominate subspecies P. m. mercierii of Nuku Hiva (extinct mid- to...
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and Motu Oa) Ua Pou Uapou Uapu Huapu Adams Marchand Fatu Uku Fatuhuku Fatuuku Fatou Houkou Hood's Island Hiva ʻOa (including Hanakee) Hivaoa Hiva Hoa Hiavaoa...
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the Marquesas Islands Hiva Oa and Tahuata. It was originally described from 600-year-old subfossil remains from Tahuata and Hiva Oa. It may have survived...
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fall roughly into three groups: Pepane: Eastern Hiva ʻOa and Ua Huka Fatu Hiva Nuku: Western Hiva ʻOa and Tahuata North Marquesan exhibits some original...
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French Polynesia. The last record was of the subspecies P. m. tristrami on Hiva Oa, in 1922. Its extinction has been attributed to predation by the introduced...
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Hōkūleʻa (section Nuku Hiva – Ua Pou – Ua Huka – Tahuata – Fatu Hiva – Hiva Oa – Mangareva, Gambier Islands: 2 August 1999 to 29 August 1999)
voyage showing projected route. Unattributed. "Isles of Hiva (The Marquesas)". The Voyage to Nuku Hiva: Leg 2: Nukuhiva to Mangareva. Polynesian Voyaging Society...
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with the 100th anniversary of the death of Paul Gauguin, in Atuona, on Hiva ʻOa, in the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). Atuona was Paul Gauguin's...
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Puama'u is an associated commune of Hiva-Oa, in French Polynesia. According to the 2022 census, it had a population of 378 people. "Les résultats du recensement...
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Manuae (Scilly Atoll) Motu One (Bellinghausen) Marquesas Fatu Hiva Hiva Oa Euba Nuku Hiva Tahuata Ua Huka Pen Ua Pou Tuamotus Rangiroa Fakarava Moruroa...
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