Magdalena Island

Fatu-Hiva is the southernmost island of the in , an overseas territory of in the Pacific Ocean. With as its closest neighbour, it is also the most isolated of the inhabited islands.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in French Polynesia
  • Also known as: Fatou-Hiva”, “Fatu Hiva”, “Fatu-Hiva”, “Ile Fatou-Hiva”, “Ile Fatu-Hiva”, “Ile Madeleine”, “Madalena”, and “Santa Magdalena

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Omo’a.

Village
Omo‘a is the name of a small town and valley at the head of a bay by the same name, on Fatu Hiva. The bay of Omo‘a is the southernmost bay on the western coast of Fatu Hiva, and provides a good anchorage. is situated 6 km southwest of Magdalena Island.

Magdalena Island

Latitude
-10.47971° or 10° 28′ 47″ south
Longitude
-138.64265° or 138° 38′ 34″ west
Population
587
Elevation
549 metres (1,801 feet)
Open location code
54X3G9C4+4W
Geo­Names ID
4030657
Wiki­data ID
Q632061
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Magdalena Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Fatu Hiva
  • Arabic: فاتو هيفا
  • Aragonese: Fatu Hiva
  • Arpitan: Fatu Hiva
  • Asturian: Fatu Hiva
  • Bambara: Fatu Hiva
  • Basque: Fatu Hiva
  • Bavarian: Fatu Hiva
  • Belarusian: Фату-Хіва
  • Breton: Fatu Hiva
  • Cajun French: Fatu Hiva
  • Catalan: Fatu Hiva
  • Cebuano: Fatu Hiva
  • Chinese: 法圖伊瓦島
  • Corsican: Fatu Hiva
  • Croatian: Fatu Hiva
  • Czech: Fatu Hiva
  • Danish: Fatu Hiva
  • Dutch: Fatu Hiva
  • Esperanto: Fatu Hiva
  • Estonian: Fatu Hiva
  • Finnish: Fatu Hiva
  • French: Fatu Hiva
  • Friulian: Fatu Hiva
  • Galician: Fatu Hiva
  • German: Fatu Hiva
  • Hebrew: פאטו היווא
  • Hungarian: Fatu Hiva
  • Ido: Fatu Hiva
  • Indonesian: Fatu Hiva
  • Interlingua: Fatu Hiva
  • Interlingue: Fatu Hiva
  • Irish: Fatu Hiva
  • Italian: Fatu Hiva
  • Jamaican Creole English: Fatu Hiva
  • Japanese: ファトゥ・イヴァ島
  • Japanese: ファトゥ・イヴァ島の雨林
  • Japanese: ファトゥヒバ島
  • Kabyle: Fatu Hiva
  • Kongo: Fatu Hiva
  • Latvian: Fatu Hiva
  • Latvian: Fatuiva
  • Ligurian: Fatu Hiva
  • Limburgan: Fatu Hiva
  • Lithuanian: Fatu Hiva
  • Low German: Fatu Hiva
  • Luxembourgish: Fatu Hiva
  • Mainfränkisch: Fatu Hiva
  • Malagasy: Fatu Hiva
  • Malay: Fatu Hiva
  • Minangkabau: Fatu Hiva
  • Narom: Fatu Hiva
  • Neapolitan: Fatu Hiva
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Fatu Hiva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Fatu Hiva
  • Norwegian: Fatu Hiva
  • Occitan (post 1500): Fatu Hiva
  • Papiamento: Fatu Hiva
  • Persian: فاتو هیوا
  • Picard: Fatu Hiva
  • Piemontese: Fatu Hiva
  • Polish: Fatu Hiva
  • Portuguese: Fatu Hiva
  • Prussian: Fatu Hiva
  • Romagnol: Fatu Hiva
  • Romanian: Fatu Hiva
  • Romansh: Fatu Hiva
  • Russian: Фату-Хива (остров)
  • Russian: Фату-Хива
  • Sardinian: Fatu Hiva
  • Scots: Fatu Hiva
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fatu Hiva
  • Serbian: Fatu Hiva
  • Sicilian: Fatu Hiva
  • Slovak: Fatu Hiva
  • Spanish: Fatu Hiva
  • Swahili: Fatu Hiva
  • Swedish: Fatu Hiva
  • Swiss German: Fatu Hiva
  • Tahitian: Fatu Iva
  • Turkish: Fatu Hiva
  • Ukrainian: Фату-Хіва
  • Urdu: فاتو ہیوا
  • Venetian: Fatu Hiva
  • Vietnamese: Fatu Hiva
  • Vlaams: Fatu Hiva
  • Volapük: Fatu Hiva
  • Walloon: Fatu Hiva
  • Welsh: Fatu Hiva
  • Western Mari: Фату-Хива
  • Wolof: Fatu Hiva
  • Zulu: Fatu Hiva

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