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  2. Tahiti - Wikipedia

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    Tahiti (English: / t ə ˈ h iː t i / ⓘ; Tahitian; [2] French pronunciation:) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia.It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Australia.

  3. Tikehau - Wikipedia

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    Tikehau, along with Niau and especially Makatea, is an elevated atoll (the highest point is 10 meters above sea level) resulting from a fossa, i.e., a coral reef that was exposed and "dolomitized" when it was pulled out of the water during a lithosphere bulge between 1 and 2 million years ago.

  4. Tetiʻaroa - Wikipedia

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    A map of Tetiʻaroa based on a map made in 1933. Tetiʻaroa is administratively part of the commune of Arue, whose main part is in the northeastern part of Tahiti.The atoll is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) north of Tahiti.

  5. Geography of French Polynesia - Wikipedia

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    Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean – the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru. The terrain consists of a mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs. It is made up of six archipelagos. The largest and most populated island is Tahiti, in the Society ...

  6. Society Islands - Wikipedia

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    The highest point is Mount Orohena, which reaches 2,241 meters, located on the island of Tahiti. The population of the islands is concentrated in the coastal regions and becomes increasingly sparse towards the mountainous center of the islands. The main island of Tahiti (Îles du Vent), where 50% of the inhabitants live, is also home to the ...

  7. Faʻaʻā - Wikipedia

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    Faʻaʻā is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, [3] themselves part of the Society Islands. At the 2022 census Faʻaʻā had a population of 29,826, making it the most populous commune on Tahiti and in French Polynesia. [2] Faʻaʻā has many mountains inland that can reach 1,500 m (5,000 ...

  8. Rangiroa - Wikipedia

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    Tourism is a major economic activity of the island: daily connections with Tahiti, an exceptional lagoon and passes which are good sites for scuba diving attract a steady number of tourists. These are accommodated in hotels and family-run guesthouses, a small number of which exist on the island.

  9. Matavai Bay - Wikipedia

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    The first European known to have visited Tahiti was Lieutenant Samuel Wallis, in Dolphin, [2] [3] who landed on 17 June 1767 in Matavai Bay. The first contacts with the native Tahitians were difficult, since on the 24 and the 26 June 1767, canoes tried to take the ship and beach it.

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