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.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 118 metres (387 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code RVV
  • Also known as
    “High Island”
    “Raizavae”
    “Ravaivai”
    “Rawaiwai”
    “Santa Rosa”
    “Vavitao”
    “Vavitoo”
    “Vavitu”
    “Vivitau”
    “Wawitao”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Raivavae Airport.

Raivavae Island

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Latitude
-23.86667° or 23° 52′ south
Longitude
-147.66667° or 147° 40′ west
Open location code
538J48MM+88
Geo­Names ID

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Western Mari—“Raivavae Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Raivavae”
  • Catalan: “Raivavae”
  • Cebuano: “Raivavae Island”
  • Chinese: “賴瓦瓦埃島”
  • Dutch: “Raivavae”
  • Esperanto: “Raivavae”
  • Finnish: “Raevavae”
  • French: “Île Raevavae”
  • French: “Île Raïvavae”
  • French: “Île Vavitou”
  • French: “Île Vavitu”
  • Galician: “Raivavae”
  • German: “Raivavae”
  • Hebrew: “ראיוואוואה”
  • Indonesian: “Raivavae”
  • Italian: “Raivavae”
  • Japanese: “ライヴァヴァエ島”
  • Kotava: “Raivavae”
  • Latin: “Raivavae”
  • Lithuanian: “Raivavaė”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Raivavae”
  • Polish: “Raivavae”
  • Portuguese: “Raivavae”
  • Russian: “Раиваваэ”
  • Spanish: “Raivavae”
  • Swedish: “Raivavae”
  • Tahitian: “Raivavae”
  • Western Mari: “Раиваваэ”

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