Eiao
Eiao is the largest of the extreme northwestern Marquesas Islands. The island is uninhabited, but is administratively part of the commune of Nuku-Hiva, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Eiao Island”, “Eiau”, “Freemantle”, “Hiaou”, “Île Eiao”, “Knox island”, and “New York Island”
- Historically known as: “Masse Island”
Eiao
- Categories: uninhabited island, nature reserve, and landform
- Location: French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Eiao from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Mari—“Eiao” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Eiao”
- Bulgarian: “Еиао”
- Catalan: “Eiao”
- Cebuano: “Eiao”
- Chinese: “埃奧島”
- Dutch: “Eiao”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اياو”
- Esperanto: “Eiao”
- Estonian: “Eiao”
- Finnish: “Eiao”
- French: “Eiao”
- French: “ʻEiao”
- Galician: “Eiao”
- German: “Eiao”
- German: “Hiau”
- German: “ʻEiao”
- German: “Knox”
- German: “Masse”
- German: “New York”
- German: “Roberts”
- Hebrew: “איאו”
- Italian: “Eiao”
- Japanese: “エイアオ島”
- Lithuanian: “Eiao”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eiao”
- Norwegian: “Eiao”
- Polish: “Eiao”
- Portuguese: “Eiao”
- Russian: “Нокс”
- Russian: “Эиао”
- Spanish: “Eiao”
- Tahitian: “Eiao”
- Western Mari: “Эиао”
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