Raivavae Island

Raivavae is one of the in . 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.
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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.

Aerodrome
is an on Raivavae, part of the in . The airport is adjacent to the village of Rairua.

Raivavae Island

Latitude
-23.86667° or 23° 52′ south
Longitude
-147.66667° or 147° 40′ west
Elevation
118 metres (387 feet)
IATA airport code
RVV
Open location code
538J48MM+88
Geo­Names ID
4033738
Wiki­data ID
Q1309731
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Satellite Map

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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

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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.