Adams Island
Ua Pou is the third-largest of the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Adam Island”, “Adams”, “Hua Pou”, “Hua-Po”, “Huapu”, “Ile Ua Pou”, “Ile Ua-Pu”, “Jefferson Island”, “Marchand”, “Oua-pou”, “Roapoa”, “Roapoua”, “Roua Poua”, “Trevenen”, “Ua Pou”, “Ua Pou Island”, “Ua Pu”, and “Uapoa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Oave.
Mont Oave
Peak
Mount Oave is a mountain and the highest point of the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Oave is a volcanic mountain, located on Ua Pou island at 1,203 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hakamaii.
Hakamaii
Village
Hakamai'i is an associated commune on the island of Ua Pou in the Marquesas Islands group of French Polynesia. It is approximately 90 minutes by road from the island's capital of Hakahau. Hakamaii is situated 4½ km southwest of Adams Island.
Adams Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Mari—“Adams Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ua Pou”
- Cebuano: “Ua Pou”
- Chinese: “瓦普岛”
- Chinese: “瓦普島”
- Dutch: “Ua Pou”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوا بو”
- Esperanto: “Ua Pou”
- Finnish: “Ua Pu”
- French: “Ua Pou”
- French: “Ua-Pou”
- Galician: “Ua Pou”
- German: “Ua Pou”
- Hebrew: “אוא פואו”
- Italian: “Ua Pou”
- Japanese: “ウア・プー島”
- Japanese: “ウア・ポウ島”
- Japanese: “ウアプ島”
- Latvian: “Uapou”
- Lithuanian: “Ua Pu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ua Pou”
- Norwegian: “Ua Pou”
- Persian: “اوئا پو”
- Polish: “Ua Pou”
- Russian: “Уа-Пу (остров)”
- Russian: “Уа-Пу”
- Spanish: “Ua Pou”
- Swahili: “Ua Pou”
- Swedish: “Ua Pou”
- Tahitian: “Ua Pou”
- Urdu: “اوا پو”
- Western Mari: “Уа-Пу”
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