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...
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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...
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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...
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The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the...
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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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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...
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French Polynesia (category Island countries)
Society Islands archipelago, comprising the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands the Tuamotu Archipelago the Gambier Islands the Marquesas Islands the...
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Cannibalism in Oceania (section Marquesas Islands)
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...
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Marquesas Islands were the first of the island groups discovered by European explorers in the Pacific. Over the centuries, these Polynesian islands have...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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Atea (section Marquesas Islands)
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...
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Cook Islands The Austral Islands The Society Islands The Tuamotu Archipelago and the Pitcairn Islands Easter Island and Salas y Gómez The Marquesas Islands...
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Wood carving in the Marquesas Islands is a practice undertaken by many of the local master craftsmen, who are known as tuhuna. The tuhuna are not only...
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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...
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Hōkūleʻa (section ʻ, United States Island, United States – Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia: 15 June 1999 to 13 July 1999)
(Easter Island) and back, via the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. While in the Marquesas, short trips were made between principal islands of the...
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Hiva Oa (category Islands of the Marquesas Islands)
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...
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survivors on each of the islands. This created devastating epidemics from Easter Island to the Marquesas islands. Easter Island's population was reduced...
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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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Polynesia (redirect from Polynesian islands)
are highly adapted to smaller islands and atolls, principally Niue, the Cook Islands, Tahiti, the Tuamotus, the Marquesas, Hawaii, Rapa Nui, and smaller...
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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...
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up marquesa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Marquesa is a title of nobility. Marquesa may also refer to: Marquesas Islands, a group of islands in...
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Fatu-Hiva (redirect from Fatu Hiva Island)
not pronounced, see name section below) is the southernmost island of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the...
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Hane is the largest settlement on the island of Ua Huka, in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Hane, a notable archaeological site, has a smaller...
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List of French flags (section Marquesas Islands)
Flag of Mangarevans Flag of the Gambier Islands 1980–present Flag of Marquesans Flag of the Marquesas Islands 1788–present Flag of Tahitians Flag of French...
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The Marquesas Islands have a diverse aquatic zoology, and a rather limited endemic terrestrial zoology. Unlike most of the warm-water islands of the South...
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Nuku Hiva (redirect from Nukahiwa Islands)
Hiva (sometimes spelled Nukahiva or Nukuhiva) is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of France in the Pacific...
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