Windward Islands
The Windward Islands are the eastern group of the Society Islands in the French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: archipelago with 195,000 residents
- Description: the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Circonscription administrative des Îles du Vent”, “Iles du Vent”, “Îles du Vent”, “Tahiti”, “Windward Islands (French Polynesia)”, “Windward Islands (Polynesia)”, and “Windward Islands (Society Islands)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Aorai.
Mont Aorai
Peak
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Mont Aorai is a mountain on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia. With an elevation of 2,066 metres it is the island's third-highest peak, after Mont Orohena and Pito Hiti. Mont Aorai is situated 3½ km northeast of Windward Islands.
Windward Islands
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Windward Islands” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bowindse Eilande (Geselskapseilande)”
- Afrikaans: “Bowindse Eilande”
- Arabic: “جزر ويندوارد”
- Basque: “Haizealdeko uharteak”
- Bengali: “উইন্ডওয়ার্ড আইল্যান্ডস”
- Catalan: “illes del Vent”
- Catalan: “Illes del Vent”
- Cebuano: “Îles du Vent”
- Chinese: “Du Vent Kûn-tó”
- Chinese: “上風群島”
- Chinese: “向風群島”
- Chinese: “向风群岛”
- Czech: “Návětrné ostrovy”
- Danish: “Windward Islands”
- Dutch: “Bovenwindse Eilanden (Frans-Polynesie)”
- Dutch: “Bovenwindse Eilanden”
- Esperanto: “Alventaj Insuloj”
- Estonian: “Tuulepealsed saared”
- Finnish: “Tuulenpuoleiset saaret (Seurasaaret)”
- Finnish: “Tuulenpuoleiset saaret”
- Finnish: “Windwardsaaret”
- French: “Îles du Vent (Archipel de la Société)”
- French: “Îles du Vent (Îles de la Société)”
- French: “Îles du Vent (Polynésie)”
- French: “îles du Vent”
- French: “Îles du Vent”
- Galician: “Illas do Vento”
- German: “Inseln über dem Winde”
- Greek: “Νησιά Γουιντγουάρντ”
- Gujarati: “વિન્ડવર્ડ આઈલેન્ડ્સ”
- Hindi: “विंडवर्ड द्वीप (सोसाइटी द्वीपसमूह)”
- Hindi: “विंडवर्ड द्वीप”
- Hungarian: “Îles du Vent”
- Hungarian: “Szél felőli szigetek (Társaság-szigetek)”
- Hungarian: “Szél felőli szigetek”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Windward”
- Italian: “Isole del Vento”
- Japanese: “ウィンドワード諸島”
- Kannada: “ವಿಂಡ್ವರ್ಡ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
- Korean: “윈드워드 제도”
- Latin: “Insulae Supra Ventum”
- Latvian: “Vējpuses salas”
- Latvian: “Vindvārdas salas”
- Lithuanian: “Priešvėjinės salos”
- Macedonian: “Приветрени Острови”
- Malay: “Windward Islands”
- Marathi: “विंडवर्ड आईसलँड”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Du Vent Kûn-tó”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Îles du Vent”
- Norwegian: “Îles du Vent”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illas del Vent”
- Persian: “جزایر بادگیر (جزایر انجمن)”
- Persian: “جزایر بادگیر”
- Polish: “Wyspy Na Wietrze”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas de Barlavento”
- Russian: “Наветренные острова”
- Sinhala: “වින්ඩ්වෝර්ඩ් දුපත්”
- Slovenian: “Îles du Vent”
- Slovenian: “Privetrni otoki”
- Spanish: “Islas de Barlovento”
- Spanish: “Islas del Viento”
- Swedish: “Windward Islands”
- Tahitian: “Ni’a mata’i mā”
- Tahitian: “Te fenua ni’a mata’i mā”
- Tamil: “விண்ட்வர்ட் இஸ்லாண்ட்ஸ்”
- Tatar: “Җилгә каршы утраулар”
- Telugu: “విండ్వర్డ్ దీవులు”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะวินด์เวิร์ด”
- Turkish: “Rüzgârüstü Adaları”
- Turkish: “Windward Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Навітряні острови”
- Urdu: “ویندوارد آئی لینڈ”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Windward”
- Western Frisian: “Boppewynske Eilannen (Genoatskipseilannen)”
- Western Frisian: “Boppewynske Eilannen”
- Yue Chinese: “上風群島”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Taiti and Diadem Mountain.
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