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Cook's Bay (also known as Paopao Bay) is a 3-km long bay on the north coast of the island of Mo'orea, Tahiti. It is one of the two principal bays on the island. The other, Opunohu Bay is 4 km west of Cooks Bay.
Opunohu Bay is a 3-km long bay on the island of Moorea, Tahiti. The water is 80 metres deep at the mouth. The bay is subject to wind-driven currents and upwellings. [1] Sailboats and tour boats regularly enter the bay. Opunohu bay is west of Cook's Bay and Pao Pao.
Captain James Cook first landed on Tahiti, where he planned the 1769 Transit of Venus observed from Tahiti and Moʻorea. At Moʻorea, where Taʻaroa was chief, Cook first landed in ʻŌpūnohu Bay, Cook's Bay was later named in his honor. Spanish sailor Domingo de Bonechea visited it in 1774 and named it Santo Domingo.
Pao Pao is an associated commune on the island of Moʻorea, in French Polynesia. [2] It is part of the commune Moʻorea-Maiʻao . According to the census in 2022, it had a population of 4,895.
During their days on Tahiti's turquoise ocean some years ago, fishers noticed their catches — and the fish inside — were getting smaller. With fishing being a vital part of the ways of ...
Cook's Bay or Cooks Bay may refer to: ... Cook's Bay (Moorea), French Polynesia; Cooks Bay (Minnesota) Cooks Bay, offshore from the town of Cooks Beach, New Zealand ...
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Cooks River, New South Wales, Australia; Cook's Bay (Ontario), Canada; Cooks Brook (Newfoundland), Canada; Cook Bay (Tierra del Fuego), Chile; Cooks Anchorage, also known as Tautira Bay, Tahiti, French Polynesia; Cook's Bay (Moorea), French Polynesia; Cook Channel, an arm of Dusky Sound, New Zealand; Cook Stream, in Pickersgill Harbour, Dusky ...