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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.
Moʻorea-Maiʻao is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.It consists of the island of Moʻorea (133 km 2 /51 sq. miles) and the much smaller atoll of Maiʻao (8.8 km 2 /3.4 sq. miles), located 78 km (48 mi) southwest of Moʻorea, with both being part of the Windward Islands administrative subdivision. [3]
Moorea Airport (French: Aéroport de Moorea) [2] (IATA: MOZ, ICAO: NTTM) is an airport serving the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, France. [1] It is also known as Temae Airport [ 4 ] or Moorea Temae Airport [ 1 ] for its location near the village of Temae in northeastern Moorea.
Shark on the Moorea reef. The tropical forests of French Polynesia are home to a great variety of rare animals and plants. Above all, the islands are known for their olfactory landscape. The Tahitian tiaré (Gardenia taitensis), which blooms exclusively on the Society Islands, is one of the most fragrant of all flowers and is now protected.
Pao Pao, the largest village on Mo'orea, lies at the head of Cook's Bay.Mo'orea is a tourist destinations, and several hotels lie on the shore of the bay. [1] The University of California, Berkeley maintains the Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station on the west coast of Cook's Bay.
Moorea producens is a species of filamentous cyanobacteria in the genus Moorea, including tropical marine strains formerly classified as Lyngbya majuscula [1] due to morphological resemblance but separated based on genetic evidence. [2] Moorea producens grows on seagrass [3] and is one of the causes of the human skin irritation seaweed ...
Pao Pao has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af).The average annual temperature in Pao Pao is 26.0 °C (78.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,945.6 mm (115.97 in) with December as the wettest month.
Opunohu bay is in western Moorea where Mt. Rotui towers over the bay. Mt. Tohivea is Moorea's highest mountain just to the south. Papetoai is located to the west of the bay. People from the east of the bay would drive through the bay and reach Papetoai. Piheana is located to the east of the bay.