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Papeete (Tahitian: Papeʻete, pronounced [pa.pe.ʔe.te]; old name: Vaiʻete [4]) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Papeete is located on the island of Tahiti , in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands , of which Papeete is the ...
Matavai Bay is a bay on the north coast of Tahiti, the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia. It is in the commune of Mahina , approximately 8 km east of the capital Pape'ete . Early European voyages
Tautira is a Polynesian beach village, valley, and point on the south-east coast of the island of Tahiti in the Pacific.It is part of the commune Taiʻarapu-Est.With a population of 2,527 (in 2022), it is located 49 kilometres southeast of the Tahitian capital of Papeete on the coast of Tautira Bay, at the end of what is the largest valley of the Taiarapu Peninsula.
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.
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It is located about 20 miles west of Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia. 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 ...
The Archdiocese of Papeete controls 2 churches on the island, the Church of Saint Clement in the town of Patio in the far north (Église de Saint-Clément) [15] and the Church of Saint Peter Celestine in Poutoru in the far south (Église de Saint-Pierre-Célestin). [16] There are also followers of the traditional Tahitian religion on the island ...
Cook anchored in Matavai Bay on 12 April 1769 and established an observatory, and a fortified camp called "Fort Venus", at Te Auroa, which they named "Point Venus". [2]