Infobox French commune name FatuHiva map size 280px adjustable map Fatu Hiva.png map caption Location of the commune in red within the Marquesas Islands overseas collectivity French Polynesia administrative subdivision Marquesas Islands commune centre Omo a Omoa INSEE 98718 postal code 98740 mayor Henri Tuieinui term longitude 138.6333 latitude 10.4833 elevation m elevation min m 0 elevation max m 1125 area km2 85 population 587 population date August 2007 census FatuHiva the h is not pronounced, see name section below is the southernmost of the Marquesas Islands , in French Polynesia , an overseas ... the most isolated of the inhabited islands. FatuHiva book FatuHiva is also the title of a book by explorer .... Name The name of the island in Marquesan language Marquesan is Fatu Iva without h IPA poly fatu iva . However, the name was recorded by Europeans as FatuHiva, perhaps under the influence of other Marquesan islands containing the element Hiva Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa and also because in French language French the letter h is Silent letter silent . The spelling FatuHiva has now become official. The island ... rarely used. Geography Image Rainforest Fatu Hiva.jpg thumb left 200px Rainforest on FatuHiva The eastern coastline of FatuHiva is characterized by a number of narrow valleys, carved by streams that lead ... ft. is the highest point on FatuHiva. Proceeding to the north and northwest from the plateau ... Administratively FatuHiva forms the commune in France commune municipality of FatuHiva, part ... . This commune consists solely of the island of FatuHiva itself. The administrative centre of the commune ... population of FatuHiva was 587. The people live primarily in three villages Hana Vave Omo a Omoa ... of the Marquesas Islands Category Communes of French Polynesia ca FatuHiva da FatuHiva de FatuHiva es FatuHiva fr FatuHiva gl FatuHiva it FatuHiva nn FatuHiva pl FatuHiva pt FatuHiva ru simple FatuHiva fi FatuHiva sv FatuHiva ... more details
Image FatuHiva.jpg right thumb FatuHiva br Penguin edition, 1976 br The original b w photo is printed in the book with the caption Feeling like a king, I could actually put an ancient Marquesan royal crown on my head for the occasion. Or was I the first hippy ? FatuHiva Back to Nature is a book published in 1974 by archaeologist and List of explorers explorer Thor Heyerdahl detailing his experiences and reflections during a one and a half year stay on the Marquesas Islands Marquesan island of FatuHiva in 1937 38. The book was based on Heyerdahl s original report Paa Jakt efter Paradiset , which was published in Norway in 1938, but because of the outbreak of World War II was never translated and rather forgotten. Background On the occasion of their honeymoon , Thor Heyerdahl and his first wife Liv determined to escape from civilization , and to return to nature . They nominally had an academic mission, to research the spread of animal species between islands, but in reality they intended to run away to the South Seas and never return home. The couple arrived at FatuHiva in 1937, in the valley of Omo a Omo a . Finding that civilization, albeit on a vastly reduced scale, was still present there, they decided to cross over the island s mountainous interior to settle in one of the small, nearly abandoned, valleys on the eastern side of the island. There, they made their thatch covered stilted home in the valley of Uia . On the origins of the Polynesians It was in this setting, surrounded ... of Easter Island . Disillusion Initially, the Heyerdahls found life on FatuHiva to be idyllic, what ... FatuHiva Back to Nature First published in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin, 1974 Doubleday ..., Auckland 10, New Zealand Thor Heyerdahl FatuHiva Back to Nature Buccaneer Books, 1992, ISBN 0 89966 ... , pusi is an English language English derivative that was adopted with the newly arrived cat. In FatuHiva, the name for cat is poto . The fact that cats seem to display some sense of keen intellect probably ... more details
About the administrative commune of Hiva Oa the island of Hiva Oa proper Hiva Oa Infobox French commune name Hiva Oa map size 280px adjustable map Hiva Oa.png map caption Location of the commune in red within the Marquesas Islands administrative subdivision Marquesas Islands capital overseas collectivity French Polynesia commune centre Atuona INSEE 98723 postal code 98741 mayor Teiiheiataata Etienne Tehaamoana term longitude 139.00 latitude 9.75 elevation m elevation min m 0 elevation max m 1213 area km2 330 population 1986 population date August 2007 census Hiva Oa is a commune in France commune of French Polynesia , an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean . The commune is in the French Polynesia Administrative divisions administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands . The commune of Hiva Oa is made up of the island of Hiva Oa proper convert 316 km2 sqmi 0 abbr on sp us , which contains the entire population of the commune, and the uninhabited islands of Mohotani , located convert 18 km mi 0 abbr on sp us south of Hiva Oa Fatu Huku , located convert 31 km mi 0 abbr on sp us north of Hiva Oa The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Atuona , on the southern side of the island of Hiva Oa. Footnotes Reflist 2 div Category Communes of French Polynesia Category Geography of the Marquesas Islands FrenchPolynesia geo stub de Hiva Oa Gemeinde fr Hiva Oa commune pt Hiva Oa comuna ... more details
at FatuHiva and called the islands Los Marquesas after the wife of the Viceroy of Peru. James Cook ...about the island of Nuku Hiva the administrative commune which includes the island Nuku Hiva Infobox Island of French Polynesia name Nuku Hiva map Image Nukuhiva.map.svg 250px Map of Nuku Hiva country ... peakname Tekao peakheight 1,224 population 2,789 date population 2007 density 7.8 Nuku Hiva sometimes ... part of Nuku Hiva. Robert Louis Stevenson s first landfall on his voyage on the Casco , was at Hatiheu , on the north side of Nuku Hiva, in 1888. Nuku Hiva was also the site for Survivor Marquesas ... of western Nuku Hiva is characterized by a steep, but fairly regular coastline, indented occasionally ... as a desert named Terre D serte in French. Administration Nuku Hiva is administratively part of the Communes of France commune municipality of Nuku Hiva , itself in the French Polynesia Administrative ... of Nuku Hiva and also of the administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands is the settlement of Taiohae , located on the south side of Nuku Hiva, at the head of the bay of that same ..., 92.6 of Nuku Hiva s residents were born in French Polynesia while 148 people, making up 5.6 of Nuku Hiva s residents, were people born in Metropolitan France. ref fr icon cite web url http www.ispf.pf ... so the Nuku Hiva jail now has inmates all the time. Communications Nuku Hiva is served by a Nuku Hiva Airport single runway airport in the northwest corner of the island, approximately 30 miles by road, northwest of Taiohae . History Nuku Hiva was, in ancient times, the site of two provinces, Te ... Hiva being the roof. Everything he had left over he threw to one side and created a dump which is called ... pl 054.jpg thumb Lithograph, Cases de naturels Nouka Hiva , 1846. ref From Jules Dumont d Urville .... ref In 1813, Commodore David Porter naval officer David Porter claimed Nuku Hiva for the United ... 2008 The then mayor of Nuku Hiva, Lucien Kimitete, who promoted separation of the Marquesas Islands ... more details
about the island of Hiva Oa the administrative commune which includes the island Hiva Oa Infobox Island of French Polynesia name Hiva Oa map Image Hivaoa.map.svg 250px Map of Hiva Oa country France br French Polynesia archipelago Marquesas Islands region South Pacific Ocean area 316 coastline peakname Temetiu peakheight 1,213 population 1,986 date population 2007 density 6.3 Hiva Oa is the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands , in French Polynesia , an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean . It is the largest island of the Southern Marquesas group. Its name means long ridgepole in South Marquesan language South Marquesan . The island is likely so named because of its long central ridge. Image HivaOa BaieDesTraitres 20061110.jpg thumb 250px left Hiva Oa. View from beside the road between Atuona and Puamau . Administratively, Hiva Oa is part of the Communes of France commune municipality of Hiva Oa , itself in the French Polynesia Administrative divisions administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands . Atuona , on the south side of Hiva Oa island, is the administrative centre of the commune. Atuona was formerly the seat of government for all of the Marquesas Islands, but it has been replaced by Taiohae on Nuku Hiva island. The island was the final home of France French painter Paul Gauguin and Belgium Belgian singer Jacques Brel , both of whom are buried in Calvary Cemetery, Atuona Calvary Cemetery , overlooking Atuona. In late pre European times, the island ... also French Polynesia Ha ava External links http www.tahiti nui.com island hiva oa default.asp Hiva ... Center in Atuona http www.eldritchpress.org nhb pampas.htm Hiva Oa in 1842, Adventures of a man ... Islands FrenchPolynesia geo stub ar ca Hiva Oa de Hiva Oa et Hiva Oa es Hiva Oa fa fr Hiva Oa gl Hiva Oa it Hiva Oa nl Hiva Oa pl Hiva Oa ro Hiva Oa ru fi Hiva Oa sv Hiva Oa ... more details
About the administrative commune of Nuku Hiva the island of Nuku Hiva proper Nuku Hiva Infobox French commune name Nuku Hiva map size 280px adjustable map Nuku Hiva.png map caption Location of the commune in red within the Marquesas Islands administrative subdivision Marquesas Islands capital overseas collectivity French Polynesia commune centre Taiohae INSEE 98731 postal code 98742 mayor Beno t Kautai term longitude 140.212644 latitude 8.820178 elevation m elevation min m 0 elevation max m 1224 area km2 387.8 population 2660 population date August 2007 census Nuku Hiva is a commune in France commune of French Polynesia , an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean . The commune is in the French Polynesia Administrative divisions administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands . The commune of Nuku Hiva is made up of the island of Nuku Hiva proper convert 339 km2 sqmi 0 abbr on sp us , which contains the entire population of the commune, and the uninhabited islands of Eiao , located convert 97 km mi 0 abbr on sp us northwest of Nuku Hiva Hatutu , located convert 103 km mi 0 abbr on sp us northwest of Nuku Hiva Motu One Marquesas Islands Motu One , located convert 105 km mi 0 abbr on sp us north of Nuku Hiva Motu Iti Marquesas Islands Motu Iti , located convert 48 km mi 0 abbr on sp us west of Nuku Hiva The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Taiohae , on the southern side of the island of Nuku Hiva. Footnotes Reflist 2 div Commons category Nuku Hiva commune Category Communes of French Polynesia Category Geography of the Marquesas Islands FrenchPolynesia geo stub de Nuku Hiva Gemeinde fr Nuku Hiva commune pt Nuku Hiva comuna ... more details
refimprove date June 2008 Fatu Huku is a small island in the Marquesas Islands , nearly halfway between Hiva Oa and Nuku Hiva . Fatu Huku is located at 9.43 S latitude and 138.93 W longitude , and consists primarily of a high plateau that rises to 361 m 1,184 ft. . Fatu Huku is administratively part of the Communes of France commune municipality of Hiva Oa , itself in the French Polynesia Administrative divisions administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands . The island was likely only ever inhabited in legend. The story of the demigod Tana Oa , patron of fishermen, says that the island was once fertile and green, until the sea, jealous of its beauty, turned the island upside down. It is said that this is how the island came to have coral on its flat top. On the plateau are a number of small platforms, which were likely used in sacrifice sacrificial ceremony ceremonies by the fishermen who frequented its waters in pre Europe an times. Marquesas Islands coord 9.430 S 138.930 W display title source dewiki Category Islands of the Marquesas Islands Category Uninhabited islands of French Polynesia FrenchPolynesia geo stub ca Fatu Huku de Fatu Huku es Fatu Huku fr Fatu Huku gl Fatu Huku it Fatu Huku pl Fatu Huku ru fi Fatu Huku ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Image Kawa1.jpg right thumb The supposed nest of the Fatu liva, showing the eggs Chappell 1921 . The Fatu liva is a fictional species of bird invented by George S. Chappell in his travel parody The Cruise of the Kawa Wanderings in the South Seas, by Walter E. Traprock 1921 . Fatu liva were said to be found only in the fictional Filbert Islands in the South Pacific Ocean where they laid cube like, black spotted Egg biology eggs that were very similar in appearance to dice . The bird s nest was described in the book as blockquote ...a semi spheric bowl of closely woven grass in which lay four snow white, polka dotted cubes, the marvelous square eggs of the fatu liva . ref name chappell1921 Chappell 1921 ref blockquote Additionally, a black and white photograph of what was supposedly the bird s dice like eggs was provided. Its caption read blockquote This is without question the most extraordinary picture which has ever been taken of any natural history subject. It corroborates in most convincing manner the author s claim to the discovery of the wonderful fatu liva bird with its unique gift of laying square eggs. Here we see the eggs themselves in all the beauty of their cubical form and quaint marking here we see the nest itself, made of delicately woven haro and brought carefully from the tree s summit by its discoverer, Babai Alova Babai. An extremely interesting feature of the picture is the presence in the nest of lapa or signal feather. By close observation, Mr. Whinney, the scientist of the expedition, discovered that whenever the mother bird left the nest in search of food she always decorated her home with one of her wing feathers which served ... never lies. ref name chappell1921 blockquote The name Fatu liva probably derives from the real island of FatuHiva , sometimes spelled Fatu Iva. The name FatuHiva means strange rock in the Marquesan language . Fatu liva is a theoretically possible transcription of terms like fatu riva encircled ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Fatu Rock.jpg thumb right Fatu Rock Fatu Rock is a natural landmark and offshore island of American Samoa . It is located near the entrance of Pago Pago Harbor , close to the village of Fatumafuti . coord 14.2982 170.6765 type landmark region US AS display title Category Uninhabited islands of American Samoa AmericanSamoa geo stub ... more details
coord 8 35 S 179 08 E display title Fale Fatu or Falefatu is an islet of Funafuti , Tuvalu . References Reflist GEOnet 1322258 Islands of Tuvalu Category Islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages Category Islands of Tuvalu Category Funafuti tuvalu geo stub pt Fale Fatu ... more details
Infobox football biography playername Lavalu Fatu image fullname dateofbirth birth date and age 1980 10 4 cityofbirth countryofbirth American Samoa dateofdeath height position Defender currentclub Renegades clubnumber youthyears youthclubs years clubs caps goals nationalyears 2001 nationalteam American Samoa national football team American Samoa nationalcaps goals manageryears managerclubs Lavalu Fatu born October 4, 1980 is an American Samoa n Association football football player. He has played for American Samoa national football team American Samoa national team . References Reflist http www.national football teams.com v2 player.php?id 147 National Football Teams Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fatu, Lavalu ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1980 PLACE OF BIRTH American Samoa DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fatu, Lavalu Category 1980 births Category Living people Category American Samoa footballers Category American Samoa international footballers AmericanSamoa footy bio stub fr Lavalu Fatu ... more details
File Fatu Gayflor.jpg thumb right 300px Fatu Gayflor teaching students at the Folk Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School in 2009. Fatu Gayflor born 1966 is a Liberia n singer. Dubbed Princess Fatu Gayflor, the golden voice of Liberia , she has performed at major music venues and festivals throughout the world and has made a number of recordings. Born in the village of Kakata in northwestern Liberia, Gayflor is a member of the Lorma ethnic group. As a child she learned the rituals and song of her people and learned to play the sekere as a member of the sande society . In 1978, at just 12 years of age, she joined the Liberian National Cultural Troupe LNCT in Keneja. With the LNCT she learned traditional songs from 16 different ethnic groups across Liberia. She eventually became the group s lead singer and toured throughout the world with the ensemble notably performing at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition . Gayflor made her first two solo albums in Liberia during the mid 1980s. She left the country for the Ivory Coast in 1989 due to the First Liberian Civil War making her third album while residing in a refugee camp. She lived for a time as a refugee in Guinea before emigrating to the state of Pennsylvania in the United States where she currently resides. She has become a fixture at folk music events in the Philadelphia area, such as the Philadelphia Folk Festival . She currently teaches at the Folk Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School which is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts . Sources cite web url http www.folkloreproject.org folkarts resources pubs wip 2007Winter Gayflor.pdf title African Song New Contexts Fatu Gayflor author Toni Shapiro Phim work WIP year 2008 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gayflor, Fatu ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1966 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gayflor, Fatu Category 1966 births Category Liberian singers Category ... more details
Infobox Wrestler name Sam Fatu names The Tonga Kid br Tama br Samoan Savage ref name owowprof image img capt height weight convert 300 lb kg abrr on ref name owowprof real height real weight birth date ... ref name bodyslamming debut 1983 ref name owowprof retired Samuel Larry Anoa i Fatu ref name owowprof ... career Fatu has wrestled for the World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Federation , American ... name rf Fatu debuted as a professional wrestling professional wrestler in 1983, ref name owowprof after ... teamed with Tonga Fifita . ref name owowprof In February, they turned into villains, and Fatu was renamed ..., but Afi never made another appearance with the Islanders. Fatu then left the WWF. Fatu joined the National ... active until 1992. Fatu went on to work with Solofa Fatu in his promotion Nu Wrestling Evolution . Citation needed date June 2009 Fatu appeared as Tonga Tom in the 1987 movie Body Slam film Body Slam ..., Fatu once again wrestled as The Tonga Kid , working with BAW Championship Wrestling, in a match with D Lo Brown . ref name owowprof Personal life See also Anoa i family His brothers are Eddie Fatu , who wrestled as Umaga, and Solofa Fatu , who wrestled as Rikishi. On December 4, 2009, Eddie died ... cite web title Sam Fatu url http www.123exp biographies.com t 00031058208 publisher Biography Research ... cite web title Elevera Anoa i Fatu passes away url http www.wwe.com inside industrynews 6975114 publisher ... publisher Wrestling Online accessdate 2009 04 10 ref In November 2008, Fatu s wife, Theresa Fuavai Fatu, ref name modestobee went into cardiac arrest while giving birth. Her heart stopped completely ... 1 time with Solofa Fatu and Rodney Anoa i ref name bodyslamming World Wrestling Council WWC World Tag ... ref name bodyslamming Notes Reflist 2 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fatu, Sam ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fatu, Sam Category 1965 births Category American professional wrestlers Category ... Living people Category Samoan professional wrestlers nl Sam Fatu ... more details
Fatu Akelei Feu u , New Zealand Order of Merit ONZM Born 1946 is a noted Samoans Samoan painter. Feu u grew up in the village of Poutasi in the district of Falealili in Samoa. Feu u emigrated to New Zealand in 1966. He has established a reputation as the elder statesman of Pacific art in New Zealand. ref Tala Lasi Samoa Fatu Feu u, Painter of Tales by Pandora Fulimano Pereira, Art New Zealand Issue 111 http www.art newzealand.com Issue111 fatu.htm ref Feu u has been an exhibiting artist since the early 1980s and became a full time artist in 1988. Feu u was appointed a Honorary Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2001 New Years Honours List. ref http www.dpmc.govt.nz honours lists list.asp?id 15 2001 New Years Honours List ref Exhibitions Feu u has exhibited in numerous exhibitions in New Zealand and internationally with works in national and private collections world wide. He has exhibited in solo and major group exhibitions including Samoa Contemporary 2008 at the Pataka art gallery in Porirua . Feu u was part of the major group exhibition Le Folauga the past coming forward Contemporary Pacific Art from Aotearoa New Zealand , at the Auckland Museum. ref http www.lefolauga.co.nz ref Le Folauga later toured to Taiwan and became the first exhibition of contemporary Pacific art from New Zealand to be shown in a major fine arts museum in Asia. ref http www.creativenz.govt.nz ... mask making. ref http www.tautaipacific.com fatu feu u ref In these forms he uses a rich lexicon ... and more generally from Euro American to Pacific cultures. ref http www.tautaipacific.com fatu ... search.aspx?advanced colProProductionMakers Feu u, Fatu Works by Fatu Feu u in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa http www.tautaipacific.com fatu feu u Tautai contemporary Pacific artists Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Feu u, Fatu ... DEFAULTSORT Feu u, Fatu Category 1946 births Category Samoan artists Category Samoan painters Category ... more details
Nuku Hiva Airport is an airport on Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia airport codes NHV NTMD . The airport is located 19 km northwest of the main village of Taiohae . Airlines and destinations Air Tahiti Atuona, Tahiti, Ua Huka, Ua Pou External links AIP FR NTMD PAC P name NUKU HIVA coord 8.7951 140.2223 type airport region FR PF display title Category Airports in French Polynesia oceania airport stub FrenchPolynesia geo stub id Bandar Udara Nuku Hiva pl Port lotniczy Nuku Hiva ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Nuku Hiva Monarch image status EX status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Monarchidae genus Pomarea species P. nukuhivae binomial Pomarea nukuhivae binomial authority Robert Cushman Murphy Murphy & Mathews, 1928 synonyms The Nuku Hiva Monarch Pomarea nukuhivae was a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It was Endemism endemic to French Polynesia . Its natural habitat s were subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest s, subtropical or tropical moist montane s, and heavily degraded former forest. It became extinct due to habitat loss . References BirdLife International 2006. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 61948 all Pomarea nukuhivae . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. Category Pomarea Dicruridae stub ... more details
Summary Information Description Liberian musician Fatu Gayflor teaching students at the Folk Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School. Source http arts.endow.gov about NEARTS storyNew.php?id p06 fact&issue 2009 v3 Date 2009 Author James Wasserman Permission public domain other versions Licensing PD USGov NEA ... more details
footnotes Dahan e Fatu is a village in Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan . ref cite web ... reflist External links http www.maplandia.com afghanistan bamian dahan e fatu Satellite map at Maplandia.com ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Omo a or Omoa is the name of a small town and valley at the 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. The village of Omo a was home to 247 inhabitants at the 2002 census. The village is home to the island s only Protestant church . The valley of Omo a is well watered, and curves in a half moon shape, first to the southeast, and then to the northeast, terminating at the island s central plateau . This is where Thor Heyerdahl and his wife came ashore in 1937, an experience recorded in his book Fatu Hiva book Fatu Hiva . coord 10.5123 138.6828 type city region PF display title Category Geography of the Marquesas Islands Category Bays of the Pacific Ocean Category Valleys of Oceania FrenchPolynesia geo stub ... more details
about the university University of Agder the organization Union of International Associations and Uganda Investment Authority the village in Estonia Uia, Estonia Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Uia is the name of a narrow valley and small bay on the central eastern coast of Fatu Hiva . The well watered valley, the largest on the east coast of the island, is about 1.3 km wide at its mouth, with steep ridges on all sides. In 1937 and 1938, the Norway Norwegian archaeologist and List of explorers explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his first wife Liv spent their honeymoon a year and a half primarily in this valley. The book, Fatu Hiva book Fatu Hiva , describes their adventures. coord 10.486 138.624 dim 3000 region PF display title Category Landforms of the Marquesas Islands Category Bays of the Pacific Ocean FrenchPolynesia geo stub ... more details
Motu Mohoke and Motu Oa Motu &lsquo Oa Ua Pou Uapou Uapu Huapu Adams Marchand Fatu Uku Fatuhuku Fatuuku Fatou Houkou Hiva Oa Hiva &lsquo Oa including Hanakee Hivaoa Hiva Hoa Hiavaoa Dominica Tahuata Taahuata Tuhuata Santa Christina Moho Tani Motane Mohotane San Pedro FatuHivaFatu Iva Fatouhiva Magdalena ... more details
of a reintroduction effort, is again found on FatuHiva . Various other species which are either threatened or endangered endemic are the Marquesas Ground dove, Marquesas Kingfisher, FatuHiva ... , as well as in the drastic decline of such species as the Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon , of which only a few hundred specimens remain on Nuku Hiva , and several dozen specimens reintroduced to Ua Huka ... , and, as stowaways, several insect species mosquito s and the no no sandfly sandflies , and, on FatuHiva , scorpion s. With the exception of FatuHiva, the black rat Rattus rattus has been introduced to all the islands, in some cases with drastic impact on native bird species. On Hiva Oa , the common ... more details
The Marquesas Islands are the island group farthest from any continent in the world, lying between 400 and 600 miles 600 and 1,000 km south of the equator and approximately 1,000 miles 1,600 km northeast of Tahiti . They fall naturally into two geographical divisions the northern group, consisting of E ao , Hatutu Hatutaa , Motu One , and the islands centered around the large island of Nuku Hiva Motu Iti Hatu Iti , Ua Pou , Motu Oa and Ua Huka , and the southern group of Fatu Uku , Tahuata , Moho Tani Motane , Terihi , Fatu Hiva and Motu Nao Thomasset Rock , clustered around the main island of Hiva Oa . With a combined land area of 1,274 km 492 sq. miles , the Marquesas are among the largest island groups of French Polynesia , Nuku Hiva being the second largest island in the entire territory, after Tahiti. With the exception of Motu One, all the islands of the Marquesas are of volcanic origin. In contrast to the common perception of lush tropical vegetation that goes culturally hand in hand with the appellation Polynesia , the Marquesas are remarkably dry islands. Although the islands lie within the tropics, they are the first major break in the prevailing easterly winds spawned from the extraordinarily dry from an atmospheric perspective Humboldt Current . The annual rainfall is generally around convert 1270 mm in 0 , but this average is misleading because of very high variability. In La Ni a years, rainfall can decline to less than convert 500 mm in 0 , whilst in El Ni o years when the ocean warms it can reach convert 2800 mm in 0 . Unlike the rest of French Polynesia, most rain falls during the cooler months, with May to July usually the wettest and November the driest. Because of their exceptionally variable climate, the islands are subject to extreme drought and flood conditions. Only those which reach highest into the clouds generally, above about 2,500 feet above sea level have reliable precipitation. This has led to historical fluctuations in water supply, w ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Motu Nao is the Marquesan language Marquesan name for a small rock island in the southeastern Marquesas Islands , approximately 22 km 14 miles northeast of Fatu Hiva . The French language French name for the island is Rocher Thomasset , which in English is Thomasset Rock . At low tide, the top of the island rises to 4 m 13 ft. above sea level, and is sometimes almost awash at high tide. Marquesas Islands Coord 10 22 12 S 138 24 00 W display title Category Islands of the Marquesas Islands Category Uninhabited islands of French Polynesia FrenchPolynesia geo stub bg ca Motu Nao de Motu Nao es Motu Nao fr Motu Nao gl Motu Nao it Motu Nao pl Motu Nao ru fi Motu Nao ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2008 Image FatuhivaBay.jpg thumb right 250px View of Hana Vave from outside the entrance to the bay. Note basalt spire on either side of the bay. Hana Vave is the name of the northernmost bay on the west coast of Fatu Hiva . The bay is sometimes called the Bay of Virgins , a translation of the French language French name Baie des Vierges . The French name originally given to the bay was Baie des Verges Bay of Penes , because of the phallus shaped basalt spires that rise on either side of its entrance. Hana Vave is also the name of a small village located at the head of the bay, which in 2002, had a population of 337. See also French Polynesia Marquesas Islands coord missing France Category Landforms of the Marquesas Islands Category Bays of the Pacific Ocean FrenchPolynesia geo stub ... more details
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