Tahuata

Tahuata is the smallest of the inhabited , in , an overseas territory of in the Pacific Ocean. It is located 4 km to the south of the western end of , across the Canal du Bordelais, called Ha‘ava in Marquesan.
Wikipedia
Sémhur, Public domain.
  • Island
  • …has about 700 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 790 metres (2,580 feet)
  • Description: island in French Polynesia
  • Also known as
    “Île Tahuata”
    “Ile Taouata”
    “Resolution Island”
    “Santa Christina”
    “Santa Cristina”
    “Taou-ata”
    “Tau-ata”
    “Vaitahu”
    “Waitahou”
  • Historically known as
    “Santa Christina Island”
    “Waitahoo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église de la Sainte-Mère-de-Dieu, Vaitahu.
Sémhur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vaitahu.
Svsoutherncross, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the name of a bay and valley in western Tahuata.

Tahuata

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Latitude
-9.94319° or 9° 56′ 36″ south
Longitude
-139.08743° or 139° 5′ 15″ west
Open location code
64223W47+P2
Geo­Names ID
4019923
Wiki­data ID
Q572723

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Tahuata” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تاهواتا”
  • Catalan: “Tahuata”
  • Cebuano: “Tahuata”
  • Chinese: “塔瓦塔岛”
  • Chinese: “塔瓦塔島”
  • Dutch: “Tahuata”
  • Esperanto: “Tahuata”
  • Finnish: “Tahuata”
  • French: “Tahuata”
  • Galician: “Tahuata”
  • German: “Tahuata”
  • Hebrew: “טאהואטא”
  • Indonesian: “Tahuata”
  • Irish: “Tahuata”
  • Italian: “Tahuata”
  • Japanese: “タフアタ島”
  • Latvian: “Tahuata”
  • Lithuanian: “Tahuata”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tahuata”
  • Norwegian: “Tahuata”
  • Polish: “Tahuata”
  • Portuguese: “Tahuata”
  • Russian: “Тахуата (остров)”
  • Russian: “Тахуата”
  • Spanish: “Tahuata”
  • Swahili: “Tahuata”
  • Swedish: “Tahuata”
  • Tahitian: “Tahuata”
  • Urdu: “تاہواتا”
  • Western Mari: “Тахуата”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Baie de Hanatetena and Baie de Haaoipu.

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