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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

mercierii (Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa, Marquesas, 1922) Two subspecies, the little-known nominate subspecies P. m. mercierii of Nuku Hiva (extinct mid- to...

Nuku was a traditional province of the island of Hiva Oa in pre-European times. It did not function as a unified governmental unit, but rather as a confederation...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

voyage showing projected route. Unattributed. "Isles of Hiva (The Marquesas)". The Voyage to Nuku Hiva: Leg 2: Nukuhiva to Mangareva. Polynesian Voyaging Society...

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...

refer to Hiva Oa, the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands Hiva-Oa, the administrative commune which includes the island of Hiva Oa Hivaoa, a...

Hiva: Motu Iti (Hatu Iti), Ua Pou, Motu Oa and Ua Huka. The southeastern group consists of Fatu Uku, Tahuata, Moho Tani (Motane), Terihi, Fatu Hiva and...