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    Fatu-Hiva (the "H" is not pronounced, see name section below) is the southernmost island of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory...
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  • Fatu-Hiva - Back to Nature is a book published in 1974 by archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl detailing his experiences and reflections during a...
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    The Fatu Hiva monarch (Pomarea whitneyi) is a large flycatcher in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia...
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    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 also...
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    Coucheron Torp, the young couple set out for the South Pacific Island of Fatu Hiva. They nominally had an academic mission, to research the spread of animal...
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  • Hawaiki (redirect from Hiva)
    that Hiva lies to the West of the island. The name Hiva is found in the Marquesas Islands, in the names of several islands: Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa and Fatu Hiva...
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    protected in nature reserves. Particular areas (such as the rainforest in Fatu-Hiva) often feature biodiversity and geodiversity in their ecosystems. Natural...
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  • Taahuata Tuhuata Santa Christina Moho Tani Motane Mohotane San Pedro Fatu Hiva Fatu Iva Fatouhiva Magdalena Motu Nao Thomasset Rock Rocher Thomasset Ariane...
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  • southeastern Marquesas Islands, approximately 22 km (14 mi) northeast of Fatu Hiva. The French name for the island is Rocher Thomasset, which in English...
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    Hana Vave (category Fatu-Hiva)
    Hana Vave is the name of the northernmost bay on the west coast of Fatu Hiva in French Polynesia. The bay is sometimes called the Bay of Virgins, a translation...
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  • Uia (category Fatu-Hiva)
    the name of a town on the central eastern coast of the Marquesas island Fatu Hiva. The well-watered valley, the largest on the east coast of the island...
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  • Omo'a (category Fatu-Hiva)
    head of a bay by the same name, on Fatu Hiva. The bay of Omo‘a is the southernmost bay on the western coast of Fatu Hiva, and provides a good anchorage....
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    Fatu Huku, also known as Fatu Uku, is a small island in the Marquesas Islands, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Hiva Oa. Fatu Huku is less...
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  • expedition that Polynesia was settled from South America. After living on Fatu Hiva and studying the Ancient peoples of South America and Polynesia he believed...
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    Mohotani is located 17 km south and southeast of Hiva Oa, 21 km east of Tahuata and 47 km north of Fatu Iva. With an area of 15 km2, it forms an open crescent...
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    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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    1970s, the bird was still prevalent on its natural range of Fatu Hiva, Ua Pou, Nuku Hiva, and Ua Huka in the Marquesas Islands. However, due to heavy...
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    fatuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Lorence, D.H.; Butaud, J.-F...
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    the Marquesan island of Fatu-Hiva in 1937–38. Heyerdahl reported that Fe'i bananas grew all around their cabin on Fatu-Hiva, while on Tahiti they had...
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    Tropical rainforest, Fatu Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia...
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  • northern islands (Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou, and Ua Huka), and South Marquesan in the southern islands (Hiva Oa, Tahuata, and Fatu Hiva). In Ua Huka, which was...
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    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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    of: Mohotani, located 18 km (11 mi) south of Hiva Oa Fatu Huku, located 31 km (19 mi) north of Hiva Oa Hiva-Oa consists of the following associated communes:...
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  • found on the Marquesas Islands, where it occurs at least on Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou, and Fatu Hiva, and though little-known it is apparently not uncommon. The holotype...
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    Nuku 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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    (Maupihaa) 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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  • Melicope fatuhivensis (category Fatu-Hiva)
    species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the island of Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Florence, J. (1998). "Melicope...
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    never lies.'" The name "Fatu-liva" probably derives from the real island of Fatu Hiva, sometimes spelled Fatu Iva. The name Fatu Hiva means "strange rock"...
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    monarch (P. mendozae) Ua Pou monarch (P. mira) Iphis monarch (P. iphis) Fatu Hiva monarch (P. whitneyi) Mayrornis Vanikoro monarch (M. schistaceus) Ogea...
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  • on Fatu Hiva. Various other species which are either threatened or endangered endemic are the Marquesas ground-dove, Marquesas kingfisher, Fatu Hiva monarch...
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