Nuku Hiva Island
Nuku Hiva is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as Île Marchand and Madison Island.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Adams”, “Baux”, “Madison Island”, “Marchand Island”, “Nooaheevah”, “Nookaheeva”, “Noukahiva”, “Nuka Hiva”, “Nuka-Hiva”, “Nuka-Iva”, “Nukahiva”, “Nuku Hiva”, “Nuku Hiwa”, “Nukuheva”, “Nuuhiva”, “Sir Henry Martin’s”, “Нуку-Хива (остров)”, and “ヌク・イヴァ島”
- Historically known as: “Nookhiva”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aʻakapa and Hatihe’u.
Aʻakapa
Village
Aʻakapa is a small village on Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands. Aʻakapa is situated 4½ km north of Nuku Hiva Island.
Hatihe’u
Village
Fort Madison
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Nuku Hiva Island
- Categories: volcanic island and landform
- Location: Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.86215° or 8° 51′ 44″ south
Longitude
-140.13221° or 140° 7′ 56″ west
Population
2,660
Elevation
836 metres (2,743 feet)
IATA airport code
NHV
Open location code
633X4VQ9+44
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Mari—“Nuku Hiva Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Nuku Hiva”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Нуку-Хіва”
- Belarusian: “Нуку-Хіва”
- Catalan: “Nuku Hiva”
- Cebuano: “Nuku Hiva Island”
- Chinese: “努库希瓦岛”
- Chinese: “努庫希瓦島”
- Chinese: “努庫黑瓦”
- Czech: “Nuku Hiva”
- Dutch: “Nuku Hiva”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نوكو هيڤا”
- Esperanto: “Nuku Hiva”
- Estonian: “Nuku Hiva”
- Finnish: “Nuku Hiva”
- French: “Île Nouka-Hiva”
- French: “Île Nuku-Hiva”
- French: “Nuku Hiva”
- Galician: “Nuku Hiva”
- German: “Nuku Hiva”
- Hebrew: “נוקו היבה”
- Hungarian: “Nuku Hiva”
- Italian: “Nuku Hiva”
- Japanese: “ヌク・ヒバ島”
- Japanese: “ヌクヒバ島”
- Latvian: “Nukuhiva”
- Lithuanian: “Nuku Hiva”
- Northern Frisian: “Nuku Hiva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nuku Hiva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nuku Hiva”
- Norwegian: “Nuku Hiva”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Nuku Hiva”
- Persian: “نوکو هیوا”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Nuku Hiva”
- Polish: “Nuku Hiva”
- Portuguese: “Nuku Hiva”
- Russian: “Нуку-Хива”
- Slovenian: “Nuku Hiva”
- Spanish: “Nuku Hiva”
- Swedish: “Nuku Hiva”
- Tahitian: “Nuku Hiva”
- Thai: “นูกูฮีวา”
- Ukrainian: “Нуку-Хіва”
- Urdu: “نوکو ہیوا”
- Vietnamese: “Nuku Hiva”
- Vietnamese: “Nukuhiva”
- Western Mari: “Нуку-Хива”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Taiohae and Atiheu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Vallée de Oata and Vallée de Havao.
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