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Tahiti is the highest and largest island in French Polynesia lying close to Moʻorea island. It is located 4,400 kilometres (2,376 nautical miles) south of Hawaiʻi, 7,900 km (4,266 nmi) from Chile, 5,700 km (3,078 nmi) from Australia.
The Society Islands (French: Îles de la Société [il də la sɔsjete], [2] [3] officially Archipel de la Société [aʁʃipɛl də la sɔsjete]; [4] [5] Tahitian: Tōtaiete mā) [6] are an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean that includes the major islands of Tahiti, Moʻorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora and Huahine.
Tahiti location map.png Module:Location map/data/Tahiti is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Tahiti . The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Map of French Polynesia. French Polynesia is located in Oceania. It is a group of six archipelagos in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between South America and Australia. Its area is about 4,167 km 2 (around 130 islands), [1] of which 3,827 km 2 is land and 340 km 2 is (inland) water. It has a coastline of 2,525 km but no land borders ...
Enlargeable, detailed map of Bora Bora. It is located in the so-called Society Islands, which are part of French Polynesia, and is located northwest of Tahiti, about 260 km (162 mi) northwest of Papeete, Tahiti.
An enlargeable hydrographic map of French Polynesia. Geography of French Polynesia. French Polynesia is: a territory of France; Location: Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Pacific Ocean. South Pacific Ocean. Oceania. Polynesia; Time zones: Gambier Islands – UTC-09; Marquesas Islands - UTC-09:30; Rest of French Polynesia – UTC-10
In 1772, the Spanish Viceroy of Peru Don Manuel de Amat ordered a number of expeditions to Tahiti under the command of Domingo de Bonechea who was the first European to explore all of the main islands beyond Tahiti. [10] A short-lived Spanish settlement was created in 1774, [7] and for a time some maps bore the name Isla de Amat after Viceroy ...
Taiʻarapu-Est (literally "Tai'arapu East") is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.The commune of Taiʻarapu-Est is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands [3] At the 2022 census it had a population of 13,602. [2]