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.
- Type: administrative subdivision of French Polynesia with 195,000 residents
- Description: the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Bovenwindse Eilanden (Frans-Polynesie)”, “Circonscription administrative des Îles du Vent”, “Iles du Vent”, “Îles du Vent (Archipel de la Société)”, “Îles du Vent (Îles de la Société)”, “Îles du Vent (Polynésie)”, “Islas del Viento”, “Privetrni otoki”, “Szél felőli szigetek (Társaság-szigetek)”, “Tahiti”, “Tuulenpuoleiset saaret (Seurasaaret)”, “Windward Islands (French Polynesia)”, “Windward Islands (Polynesia)”, “Windward Islands (Society Islands)”, and “विंडवर्ड द्वीप (सोसाइटी द्वीपसमूह)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mont Aorai.
Mont Aorai
Peak
Windward Islands
- Category: first-level administrative division
- Location: French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-17.6374° or 17° 38′ 15″ south
Longitude
-149.5172° or 149° 31′ 2″ west
Population
195,000
Elevation
716 metres (2,349 feet)
Open location code
53JG9F7M+24
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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: “向風群島”
- Chinese: “向风群岛”
- Czech: “Návětrné ostrovy”
- Danish: “Windward Islands”
- Dutch: “Bovenwindse Eilanden”
- Esperanto: “Alventaj Insuloj”
- Estonian: “Tuulepealsed saared”
- Finnish: “Tuulenpuoleiset saaret”
- Finnish: “Windwardsaaret”
- 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”
- 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”
- Polish: “Wyspy Na Wietrze”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas de Barlavento”
- Russian: “Наветренные острова”
- Sinhala: “වින්ඩ්වෝර්ඩ් දුපත්”
- Slovenian: “Îles du Vent”
- Spanish: “Islas de Barlovento”
- Swedish: “Îles du Vent”
- 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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