Bora Bora

Bora Bora is a volcanic island in the archipelago of . The Polynesian island in the South Pacific is ranked at the top of the list when it comes to most remarkably beautiful in the world. The best time to visit is May.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in French Polynesia
  • Also known as: Bola-bola”, “Bora Bora, French Polynesia”, “Borabora Island”, “Faanui”, “Ile Bora-Bora”, “Ilha de Bora Bora”, “San Pedro”, and “Vavao

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Otemanu and Mount Pahia.

Peak
is a mountain located in the , on the island of Bora Bora. With an elevation of 727 metres above sea level, it is the highest point of the island.

Peak
is a mountain located in the , on the island of Bora Bora. With an elevation of 661 metres above sea level, it is the second-highest point of the island, after the neighboring .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vaitape.

Town
is the largest city of Bora Bora Island in . It has a population of 4,927, about half of the island's population which is about 10,605.

Bora Bora

Latitude
-16.4996° or 16° 29′ 58″ south
Longitude
-151.7371° or 151° 44′ 14″ west
Population
10,600
Elevation
407 metres (1,335 feet)
IATA airport code
BOB
Open location code
53MCG727+54
Geo­Names ID
4034582
Wiki­data ID
Q183113
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Bora Bora” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Bora Bora
  • Albanian: Bora Bora
  • Arabic: Bora Bora
  • Arabic: بورا بورا
  • Armenian: Բորա Բորա
  • Azerbaijani: Bora-Bora
  • Balinese: Bora Bora
  • Basque: Bora Bora
  • Belarusian: Бора-Бора
  • Belarusian: Востраў Бора-Бора
  • Bengali: বোরা বোরা দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
  • Bosnian: Bora Bora
  • Bulgarian: Бора Бора
  • Catalan: Bora Bora
  • Central Kurdish: بۆرا بۆرا
  • Chinese: 博拉博拉島
  • Chinese: 波拉波拉
  • Chinese: 波拉波拉岛
  • Chinese: 波拉波拉島
  • Croatian: Bora Bora
  • Croatian: Bora-Bora
  • Czech: Bora Bora
  • Czech: Bora-Bora
  • Danish: Bora Bora
  • Dutch: Bora Bora
  • Dutch: Bora-Bora
  • Egyptian Arabic: بورا بورا
  • Esperanto: Bora Bora
  • Estonian: Bora Bora
  • Fiji Hindi: Bora Bora
  • Finnish: Bora Bora
  • Finnish: Bora-Bora
  • Finnish: Vavau tai Mai Te Pora
  • French: Bora Bora
  • French: Bora-Bora
  • Galician: Atol Bora Bora
  • Galician: Bora Bora
  • Georgian: ბორა-ბორა
  • German: Bora Bora
  • German: Pora pora
  • Greek: Μπόρα Μπόρα
  • Hebrew: בורה בורה
  • Hungarian: Bora Bora
  • Indonesian: Bora Bora
  • Italian: Bora Bora
  • Italian: Bora-Bora
  • Japanese: ボラボラ島
  • Kazakh: Бора-Бора
  • Korean: 보라보라섬
  • Latvian: Borabora
  • Lithuanian: Bora Bora
  • Lithuanian: Bora-Bora
  • Macedonian: Бора Бора
  • Malayalam: ബോറ ബോറ
  • Marathi: बोरा बोरा
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bora Bora
  • Norwegian: Bora Bora
  • Ossetian: Борæ-Борæ
  • Persian: بورا بورا
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Bora Bora
  • Polish: Bora Bora
  • Polish: Bora-Bora
  • Portuguese: Bora Bora, Polinésia Francesa
  • Portuguese: Bora Bora
  • Portuguese: Bora-bora
  • Romanian: Bora Bora
  • Romanian: Insula bora bora
  • Romanian: Insula Bora Bora
  • Russian: Бора Бора
  • Russian: Бора-Бора
  • Russian: Борабора
  • Scots: Bora Bora
  • Serbian: Bora Bora
  • Serbian: Бора Бора
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bora Bora
  • Slovak: Bora Bora
  • Slovenian: Bora Bora
  • Slovenian: Bora-Bora
  • Spanish: Bora Bora
  • Sundanese: Bora Bora
  • Swedish: Bora Bora
  • Swedish: Borabora
  • Swiss German: Bora Bora
  • Tahitian: Pora Pora
  • Tahitian: Porapora
  • Tamil: போரா போரா
  • Thai: Bora Bora
  • Thai: บอราบอรา
  • Thai: โบรา โบรา
  • Thai: โบราโบรา
  • Tosk Albanian: Bora Bora
  • Turkish: Bora Bora
  • Ukrainian: Бора-Бора
  • Urdu: بورا بورا
  • Uzbek: Bora - Bora
  • Uzbek: Bora-Bora
  • Vietnamese: Bora Bora
  • Waray (Philippines): Bora Bora
  • Welsh: Bora Bora
  • Western Frisian: Bora Bora
  • Wu Chinese: 波拉波拉岛
  • Bora Bora

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bora Bora”. Photo: Hervé, CC BY-SA 2.0.