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.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
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “High Island”, “Raizavae”, “Ravaivai”, “Rawaiwai”, “Santa Rosa”, “Vavitao”, “Vavitoo”, “Vavitu”, “Vivitau”, and “Wawitao”
- Category: landform
- Location: Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-23.86667° or 23° 52′ southLongitude
-147.66667° or 147° 40′ westElevation
118 metres (387 feet)IATA airport code
RVVOpen location code
538J48MM+88GeoNames ID
4033738
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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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