Raivavae Island
Raivavae is one of the Austral Islands in French Polynesia. Its total land area including offshore islets is 17.9 km2. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 900. The island is of volcanic origin, and rises to 437 metres elevation at Mont Hiro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in France
- Also known as: “High Island”, “Raivavae”, “Raizavae”, “Ravaivai”, “Rawaiwai”, “Santa Rosa”, “Vavitao”, “Vavitoo”, “Vavitu”, “Vivitau”, and “Wawitao”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raivavae Airport.
Raivavae Airport
Aerodrome
Raivavae Airport is an airport on Raivavae, part of the Austral Islands in French Polynesia. The airport is adjacent to the village of Rairua.
Raivavae Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Îles Australes, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Raivavae Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Raivavae Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رايفافاي”
- Azerbaijani: “Raivavae”
- Catalan: “Raivavae”
- Cebuano: “Raivavae Island”
- Chinese: “賴瓦瓦埃島”
- Chinese: “赖瓦瓦埃岛”
- Dutch: “Raivavae”
- Esperanto: “Raivavae”
- Finnish: “Raevavae”
- French: “Île Raevavae”
- French: “Île Raïvavae”
- French: “Île Vavitou”
- French: “Île Vavitu”
- French: “Raivavae”
- Galician: “Raivavae”
- German: “Raivavae”
- Hebrew: “ראיוואוואה”
- Indonesian: “Raivavae”
- Italian: “Raivavae”
- Japanese: “ライヴァヴァエ島”
- Kotava: “Raivavae”
- Latin: “Raivavae”
- Latvian: “Raivavae”
- Lithuanian: “Raivavaė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Raivavae”
- Norwegian: “Raivavae”
- Polish: “Raivavae”
- Portuguese: “Raivavae”
- Russian: “Раиваваэ”
- Spanish: “Raivavae”
- Swedish: “Raivavae”
- Tahitian: “Raivavae”
- Western Mari: “Раиваваэ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mont Muanui and Mont Raraterepa.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Raivavae Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.