Vaiea
Vaiea is a village in Maupiti, Leeward Islands. Vaiea is situated nearby to the hamlet Petei, as well as near Hurunanu.Places of Interest
Highlights include Maupiti and Maupiti Airport.
Maupiti
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Maupiti is an island in the western Leeward Islands in French Polynesia. It is the westernmost volcanic island in the archipelago, 315 kilometres northwest of Tahiti and 40 kilometres west of Bora Bora.
Maupiti Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Petakas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maupiti Airport is an airport on Maupiti, one of the Leeward Islands in French Polynesia. The airport is 2 kilometres north of the village. Maupiti Airport is situated 2½ km north of Vaiea.
Vaiea
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Maupiti, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-16.45049° or 16° 27′ 2″ southLongitude
-152.2493° or 152° 14′ 58″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
53M9GQX2+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2278765663OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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