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Moʻorea (English: / ˌ m oʊ. oʊ ˈ r eɪ. ɑː / or / ˈ m oʊ. oʊ r eɪ /; [4] Tahitian: Moʻoreʻa, [moʔore(ʔ)a]), also spelled Moorea, is a volcanic island in French Polynesia.It is one of the Windward Islands, a group that is part of the Society Islands, 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti.
Mount Tohivea (or Tohiea) is an extinct volcano on the island of Mo'orea in French Polynesia. It is the island's highest point at 1,207 metres (3,960 ft). The mountain is about 2 miles (3.2 km) from Pao Pao, and is easily visible from Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia.
Mo'orea: Mount Tohivea: 1207 m 3960 ft 134: 0.185 French Polynesia * Thasos: Mount Ypsario: 1205 m 3953 ft 380.097: 0.11 Greece * Secretary Island: Mount Grono: 1196 m 3924 ft 81.4: 0.235 New Zealand * Navarino Island: Dientes de Navarino: 1195 m 3921 ft 2473: 0.0426 Chile * Uummannaq Island: Uummannaq: 1170 m 3840 ft 12: 0.599 Greenland ...
View of Mou'a Roa (880 m), Mo'orea Island. They have a population of 275,918 inhabitants (as of 2017). [1] They cover a land area of 1,590 square kilometres (610 sq mi). The Society Islands are a tropical South Sea archipelago of volcanic origin. They represent the most economically important of the five archipelagos of French Polynesia.
Mo'orea, a volcanic island where the central island is still prominent Stromboli is one of the eight Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily. Geologically, a volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin.
The volcano that produced the 1808/1809 eruption remains unknown. The addition of Zavaritskii highlights the potential of volcanoes in the Kuril Islands for disrupting Earth’s climate, the study ...
Aside from Tahiti, some other important atolls, islands, and island groups in French Polynesia are: Ahē, Bora Bora, Hiva 'Oa, Huahine, Mai'ao, Maupiti, Meheti'a, Mo'orea, Nuku Hiva, Raiatea, Taha'a, Tetiaroa, Tupua'i, and Tūpai. The country's highest point is Mont Orohena on Tahiti at 2,241 meters high. [2]
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