Maiao
Maiʻao, also rendered as Maiao in languages other than Tahitian, is an 8.8 km2 island formation located 78 km southwest of Moʻorea and one of the Windward Islands in French Polynesia.
Photo: Raahiti, Public domain.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Ile Tubuai-Manu”, “Isla de los Pajaros”, “La Pelada”, “Maïa-iti”, “Maiao Iti”, “Maiʻao”, “Maio”, “Mauiti”, “Saunders Island”, “Sir Charles Saunders’Island”, “Tapamanoa”, “Tapamanu”, “Tubaii”, “Tubuai-Manu”, and “Tupuai Manu”
Maiao
- Categories: island, volcanic island, and tourism
- Location: Windward Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-17.65856° or 17° 39′ 31″ south
Longitude
-150.63165° or 150° 37′ 54″ west
Population
299
Elevation
260 metres (853 feet)
Open location code
53JF89R9+H8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Maiao from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Maiao” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Maiao”
- Arabic: “ماياو”
- Asturian: “Islla Maiao”
- Asturian: “Maiao”
- Azerbaijani: “Maiao”
- Basque: “Maiao”
- Belarusian: “Маіаа”
- Catalan: “Maiao”
- Cebuano: “Maïao”
- Chinese: “馬伊奧島”
- Chinese: “马伊奥岛”
- Danish: “Maiao”
- Dutch: “Maiao”
- Esperanto: “Maiao”
- Finnish: “Maiao”
- French: “Mai’ao”
- French: “Maiao”
- French: “Tapua’e Manu”
- French: “Tapuae Manu”
- French: “Tapuaemanu”
- Galician: “Maiao”
- German: “Maiao”
- Hungarian: “Maiao”
- Italian: “Maiao”
- Japanese: “マイアオ島”
- Japanese: “マイアオ環礁”
- Lithuanian: “Maiao”
- Lithuanian: “Majao”
- Macedonian: “Маиао”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maiao”
- Norwegian: “Maiao”
- Persian: “مایئائو”
- Polish: “Maiao”
- Portuguese: “Maiao”
- Russian: “Маиао”
- Russian: “Тапаманоа”
- Spanish: “Maiao”
- Swedish: “Maiao”
- Tahitian: “Mai’ao Iti”
- Tahitian: “Mai’ao”
- Tahitian: “Tapua’e Manu”
- Western Frisian: “Mai‘ao”
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